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A short holiday week for the Icon

Posted by Paula Scott on November 20, 2023 - 6:00am

The Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon will take a holiday during Thanksgiving week 2023. Website content will be on pause Thursday-Sunday, November 23-26, except for breaking news including sports and obituaries.

Send your news tips and media releases 24/7 to [email protected].

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PHOTO It's called the Woman's Friend

Posted by Paula Scott on November 19, 2023 - 7:22am

This c. 1911 laundry washing machine, the Woman's Friend, was manufactured right here in Bluffton. It has been donated to the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society as the organization's first official accession. The display at 101 N. Main describes the Bluffton Manufacturing Company and has information about the society, which meets at 7:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month at Bluffton Town Hall.

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Bluffton Residential Lights Competition entries welcome

Posted by Staff on November 19, 2023 - 7:08am

The annual Bluffton residential holiday lighting competition is now accepting registrations through December. Sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, $1000 in Chamber Bucks will be awarded for Best Overall, Best Lights, Best Decorations, Mayor’s Choice, and the Chamber Choice.

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Clarabeth Bixel was a nurse and homemaker

Posted by Staff on November 19, 2023 - 7:04am

Clarabeth Bixel, 87, passed away November 18, 2023 at Willow Ridge - Frieda House, Bluffton. Clarabeth was born January 29, 1936 in Pandora to the late Archie and Velma (Miller) Diller. On April 2, 1955 she married Dwight Bixel who preceded her in death on October 24, 2017. 

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BVHS encourages traveling nurses to take permanent roles

Posted by Staff on November 19, 2023 - 6:00am

Blanchard Valley Health System is successfully encouraging traveling nurses to sign on as associates for the long term.

The ranks of traveling nurses nationwide increased after the COVID-19 pandemic, with more nurses wanting to take these temporary roles for financial and scheduling reasons.

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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Thanksgiving service at Trinity Lutheran

Posted by Staff on November 19, 2023 - 6:00am

A special Thanksgiving Day service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 23. 

Pastor Matt Nowak will lead the service based on  Psalm 129. Readings for Thanksgiving are 2 Samuel 7, Philippians 4:4-9, and Luke 7:36-50.  The Choir will sing “Sing to the Lord of Harvest.”  Other hymns will be “How Great Thou Art, Now Thank We All Our God,, Great is Thy Faithfulness and For the Beauty of the Earth.”

The church will be decorated with harvest items and is handicapped accessible. More information is at www.tlcjenera.org or 419-326-4685. 

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