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Cheryl S. Martin was a registered nurse

Posted by Paula Scott on January 16, 2023 - 12:31pm

Cheryl S. Martin, 76, of Sylvania, Ohio peacefully passed away January 13, 2023 at Putnam Heritage Assisted Living in Ottawa, Ohio.  Cheryl was born Oct. 7, 1946 in Bluffton to the late Fred and Eva (Wiess) Martin.

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Icons will be closed on MLK Day

Posted by Paula Scott on January 16, 2023 - 6:38am

The Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon are now closed on federal holidays. On Monday, January 16, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the office will be closed and our content will be on pause except for breaking news.

Please continue to send your news, letters and advertising information 24/7 to [email protected].

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January 16, 2023 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Posted by Paula Scott on January 16, 2023 - 6:05am

In honor of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., January 16, 2023 is a national holiday. The Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon are closed on this day and will pause content except for breaking news.

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BHS girls basketball grounds Rockets

Posted by Staff on January 15, 2023 - 7:00am

By Cort Reynolds

Playing at home, the Bluffton High School girls basketball team got off to a big lead and defeated non-conference foe Pandora-Gilboa easily 59-27 Saturday afternoon, January 14.

Bluffton improved to 10-5 overall with the win as they increased their home record to 8-1. 

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BHS boys basketball edged by Carey

Posted by Staff on January 15, 2023 - 6:59am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys basketball team lost to visiting Carey 47-43 in a close non-league bout Saturday night, January 14.

The Blue Devils trailed 26-21 at halftime, but turned the game around with a 17-8 third period. Five Carey players hit baskets in the momentum-changing quarter.

The teams played to a taut 9-9 tie in the fourth quarter. 

The combatants were tied 13-13 after the first period, but Bluffton spurted to a five-point intermission lead behind a 13-8 second quarter. 

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American playwright’s unproduced work to be explored during Bluffton Colloquium

Posted by Staff on January 15, 2023 - 6:59am

Dr. Melissa Friesen will present the Colloquium “Tina Howe’s Unproduced Plays” at 4:00 p.m. on January 20 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall on the campus of Bluffton University.

During the presentation, Friesen will share discoveries from the collection of contemporary American playwright Tina Howe archived at Harvard University. Evidence from Howe’s writing notes, unpublished plays, letters and essays illuminate Howe’s writing process and her understanding of playwrights as “strip-tease artists of the soul.”   

This event is free and open to the public.

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