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Students discuss Bluffton University cross-cultural experiences

Students who participated in spring 2023 short-term cross-cultural experiences spoke during Bluffton University’s Oct. 3 Forum in Yoder Recital Hall.

Experiences included a Civil Rights tour of key southern sites; a tour of Holocaust sites in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic; a medical service experience in Ecuador and a service experience in Kentucky/Appalachia with Mennonite Central Committee’s SWAP (Sharing with Appalachian People) program.

Beaverdam public meeting on October 19

The Village of Beaverdam Planning Commission will hold an Public Hearing Meeting on Thursday, October 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the Village Hall Council Room,

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss a proposed amendment to the Village of Beaverdam’s Zoning Ordinance. 

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Icon holiday on Monday, October 9

The Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon will take a holiday break on Monday, October 1, Indigenous People's Day/Columbus Day.

Icon content will be on pause except for breaking news including sports and obituaries.

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Weekend Doctor: About medical physicists

By Aaron Bain, MS
Medical Physicist, The Armes Family Cancer Care Center

You may have heard of an astrophysicist, nuclear physicist or theoretical physicist. Scientists like Einstein, Schrödinger and Newton revolutionized our understanding of the universe. But have you ever heard of a medical physicist? It is likely that you haven’t since there are only approximately 13,000 medical physicists in the United States. You may ask yourself, what role could someone who studies the physics of subatomic particles and planetary motions play in the medical field? 

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Pirate volleyball sweep at Spencerville

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School volleyball team swept host Spencerville handily in a Northwest Conference match Thursday evening, October 5.

The Pirates improved to 16-4 overall and 5-2 in the NWC with the decisive 25-11, 25-14, 25-13 win. 

The Pirates maintained sole possession of third place in the league standings after the sweep. Crestview is first at 7-0, followed by Leipsic at 6-1.

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Pirate boys soccer shut out by OH 

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys soccer team lost 6-0 at perennial power Ottawa Hills Thursday night, October 5, in a non-league match.

Bluffton dropped to 5-8-2 overall after the loss, including 3-4-1 on the road this season.

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