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Little Riley Creek Farm's chickens test ingenuity of 5 ONU engineering seniors
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2021 - 1:32pm

FROM ONU FACEBOOK - In three years of engineering courses at Ohio Northern University, Anne Major’s professors continually stressed the importance of seeing things firsthand.

And then, one pleasant fall evening her senior year, sitting on a lawn chair in the middle of a rural Bluffton farm field watching chickens enter a coop at sunset, Major got it. Because, quite frankly, the chickens weren’t behaving at all how she’d expected.

Major was observing chicken behavior for her senior engineering capstone project.

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Preparing to fly the coop

Little Riley Creek Farm's chickens test ingenuity of 5 ONU engineering seniors
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2021 - 1:32pm

FROM ONU FACEBOOK - In three years of engineering courses at Ohio Northern University, Anne Major’s professors continually stressed the importance of seeing things firsthand.

And then, one pleasant fall evening her senior year, sitting on a lawn chair in the middle of a rural Bluffton farm field watching chickens enter a coop at sunset, Major got it. Because, quite frankly, the chickens weren’t behaving at all how she’d expected.

Major was observing chicken behavior for her senior engineering capstone project.

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Business
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Can't catch me

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2021 - 1:26pm

Kids are having way too much fun at Bluffton Family Recreation's summer kids' adventure camp. The Icon stopped in during an indoor game that feels like tag but has several differnt rules. You'll have to ask one of the 40 participants. Registration remains open for next week's camp. Click here for details.

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Abraham and Mary Ann Kohler Steiner

Our Swiss connection - part 30
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2021 - 6:42am

• This is the 30th installment in this series. 
Click here for the previous installment.
• An index to this series is at the bottom of this column.

Abraham Steiner was the sixth child of John (or Johann) and Elizabeth Stauffer Steiner, a Mennonite couple both born in Alsace, France.

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Saturday in Beaverdam

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 16, 2021 - 2:57pm

The Beaverdam Church of Christ will hold a chicken and rib barbecue from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday, June 19, at the church. The flyer attached has all the details.

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Worship
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Family outings

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 16, 2021 - 2:54pm

Nice day for a swim in the Buckeye. Or is it a parade? It appears that two families of Canada geese enjoy the waters of Bluffton's Buckeye quarry.

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