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Hospital groundbreaking set April 8

Bluffton Hospital will host a groundbreaking ceremony for its facility expansion on Thursday, April 8 at 1:30 p.m. The event will feature remarks by Bill Watkins, Bluffton Hospital's chief administrative officer, as well as others involved with the project. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call (419) 423-5551.

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Legal notice: Council hearing on May 10 to consider rezoning

LEGAL NOTICE

There will be a hearing by the Village of Bluffton Council, at 8:30 p.m., May 10, 2010, Monday, in the Community Room, 154 N. Main Street, Bluffton, OH 45817, on the third floor. The purpose of the hearing is to consider a rezoning from Commercial I to Residential III for the property located at 114 E. College Avenue. This request is to accommodate the creation of a multiple housing unit.

Posted on the Icon April 2, 2010

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A rare plate in northwestern Ohio

This plate is a rarity in northwestern Ohio, where there are more BGSU and OSU plates. This one is on a van driven by Lindsay Steiner, a doctorate student at Kent.

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Musselman Library book sale April 13-16

Bluffton University's Musselman Library will host its 2010 book sale Tueseday to Friday, April 13-16, in the main-floor Reading Room.

Hours for the sale are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday, April 13; 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 14 and 15; and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 16.

Hardcover books will be $1 and paperbacks, 50 cents; some items will be priced as marked. New items will be added to the sale each day, and proceeds will be used to purchase materials for library collections.

April 5 deadline for infant-child CPR techniques

A course covering infant and child CPR techniques will take place at Bluffton Public Library on Thursday, April 15, from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Representatives of the Allen County Chapter of the American Cross will be teaching the course. The cost is $35 per participant and the course is open to people ages 10 years old and above.

Space is limited and registration is required by Monday, April 5. For more information, visit the library or call 419-358-5016.

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Going for the pins

Going for the pins

Paul Shekochikhin, Bluffton High School and Apollo Career Center student, bowls during a Big Brother Big Sister Apollo bowling fundraiser. Shekochikhin, a junior, is in the Apollo welding program. Students from Apollo raised $3,000 this spring to support the work of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Allen County. The bowling took place on April 1 at Westgate Lanes, Lima. Over 200 Apollo students participated.

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