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Caroline Essinger gets a little help from members of the Bluffton Police Department's basketball team on Sunday as she gets credit for a slam dunk. The shot took place during the second annual Battle of the Badges fundraiser between the police and Bluffton fire/EMS. Watch the video.

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PACZKI SPLURGE

This Tuesday we will have homemade paczki for your last minute splurge before Lent begins.

LUNCH SPECIALS, March 4-7

TUESDAY
Tomato Bisque
Chicken Club Wrap
Stuffed Pepper with Side Salad
BLT Salad

WEDNESDAY
Asparagus Soup
Ham and Bean Soup
Perch Platter
Meat Loaf with Mashed Potatoes
Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

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The Bluffton HS String Chamber Ensemble received an Excellent (II) rating at OMEA State Orchestra Adjudicated Event held at Bowling Green Middle School on, Feb. 28.

Performance selections included: "Postcards from Russia," "Korean Folk Variants," and "Elementals." The ensemble is under the direction of Rachael E. Lewis, assisted by Deb Herr.

Row 1: l-r Landon Cluts, Julian Harnish, Jack Neff, John McCall

Row 2: Deb Herr, Assistant Director, Jacob Bishop, Emily Sycks, Emma Woodruff, Sarah Siders, Nikki Campbell, Mark Bixel

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Steve Johnson of Ada is ready to make your St. Patrick’s Day celebration one to remember.

He is scheduling appearances for the St. Patrick’s weekend – this year’s St. P. Day falls on Monday, March 17 – and will perform on the bagpipes.

Johnson has been bagpipping for about four years.

“I started out as a drummer of the bagpipe band at the University of Notre Dame,” he told The Icon. “Then, later I became a piper for the band.”

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Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 N. Main St.  will begin the Lenten journey with a worship service March 5 at 7 p.m. Pastor Dave Good will offer the imposition of ashes and the disposition of ashes as we consider Isaiah 58, “This is the fast I choose.”

The choir, directed by Linda Sycks, will offer “Kyrie”, arranged by Jay Rouse, which includes music based on Symphony No. 9 by Antonin Dvorak. This piece features an English Horn solo with Jeremy Szabo. Jack Henry Neff will play an unaccompanied cello solo and Jayne McGarrity will play organ selections.

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The Village of Bluffton has received a $113,100 grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission, Columbus, to assist in the cost of the Kibler Street water main replacement project. Funding will be available on July 1.

Another possible grant has yet to be decided upon. The village hopes to receive a grant for financial assistance for a Garmatter water main replacement project.
That grant is through the Small Community Program.

Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, will explain the grants at Monday’s Bluffton council meting.

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