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Printable March 26 Bluffton Icon articles

Posted by Paula Scott on March 26, 2023 - 5:00pm

For a printable version of Bluffton Icon articles from Sunday, March 26, click HERE.

A daily email of the printable version is also available.

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Buckell presents  “Leamos!: Comprehension-Based Novels in the L2 Classroom”

Posted by Staff on March 26, 2023 - 7:26am

Emily Buckell, assistant professor of Spanish at Bluffton University, will share, “Leamos!: Comprehension-Based Novels in the L2 Classroom.”

The Colloquium presentation is free and open to the public at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 31, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. 

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Ada-Bluffton headline swap for March 20-26

Posted by Paula Scott on March 26, 2023 - 7:06am

Do you know the way to www.AdaIcon.com? Here's an easy shortcut to news from our neighbors down SR 235:

ONU professor wins international award for nocturnal habitat protection work

Ada-Liberty Township Fire Department receives $10K fire equipment grant

Girls Increasing Representation Leadership (G.I.R.L.S) summit

Ada Schools unveil app for "everything"

Talented young Ada softball club could be sleeper in tough NWC

Keep an eye open for the headline swap every Sunday.

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Photography Hike invitation for Saturday, April 1

Posted by Staff on March 26, 2023 - 6:54am

FINDLAY- If you have a passion for photography or if you want to learn, come along on a hike with fellow photographers to capture the beauty of area parks through the lens of the camera. At this Findlay Hancock Park District event, participants will hike the trails taking photos of scenery, wildlife, plants, and anything else that would make an interesting subject. All skill levels and camera types are welcome.

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If you thought DDT was dangerous...

Posted by Staff on March 26, 2023 - 6:40am

Nitroglycerin accidents causing deaths in the 1890s

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Recently this column revealed that DDT was poured into Riley Creek for nearly 20 years.

An earlier chemical, dangerous for a different reason, killed many persons working on oil rigs in the Bluffton area in the 1890s and 1900s. While the oil boom brought prosperity to Bluffton, it also brought bad news in an extremely dangerous chemical called nitroglycerin. 

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Rita Mae Plaugher was a bus driver for Bluffton Schools

Posted by Staff on March 25, 2023 - 5:48pm

Rita Mae Plaugher, 80, passed away March 25, 2023 at Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Rita was born June 22, 1942 in Lima to the late Edwin and Marcilina (Haselman) Palte.

Rita graduated from Beaverdam High School. She was a school bus driver for Bluffton Schools for 30 years. Rita was a member of St. Gerard's Catholic Church, Lima. She had been a very active member of the Allen County 4-H for over 45 years. Rita was known as "Grandma of 4-H" to many and will be extremely missed. She loved the Cincinnati Reds, gambling, going to the casino and playing cards, especially euchre.

Survivors include six children, Teresa (Doug) Griffith of Lima, Tammy (Chuck) Boughan of Lima, Ed  (Susan) Plaugher of Lima, Cathy (John) Lauck of Lima, Janet (Mike) Burgett of Guntown, Mississippi, Jim (Nicole) Plaugher of Waynesfield; fourteen grandchildren, Katelyn Miller, Jarvae Boughan, Trey Boughan, Sarah Kaufman, Tiffany Gray, Clint Strickland, Randy Plaugher, Whitney Kamm, Dustin Lauck, Charlie Patterson, Greg Patterson, Brittany Dickerson, Levi Plaugher, Megan Eutsler; fifteen great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

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