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By Crystal McGrain, APRN-CNP
Certified Nurse Practitioner, Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology

Physical activity is important in all stages of life, pregnancy included! Many women desire to adopt a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy or maintain their current fitness level. In most cases, this is achievable and desirable for the overall health of mom and baby. Here are 10 tips to keep in mind to have a fit pregnancy. 

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By Cort Reynolds

DELPHOS – The Bluffton High School track and field teams competed well at the annual nine-team Northwest Conference championship meet Thursday and Saturday, May 11 and 13, in Delphos.

Bluffton took home six individual first-place finishes, and also won three relay events.

Columbus Grove captured the boys and girls league crowns, while Bluffton took second in both team standings.

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By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Imagine being required to turn off your water line each time the fire department answered a fire alarm.

Don’t even think about hitching your horse to a fire hydrant.

Those were the rules when Bluffton’s municipal water plant opened in the late 1890s.

And, this may come as a surprise. The reason the village of Bluffton created a municipal water plant was for fire protection. It had very little to do with providing individuals with running water in their houses.

In a case you wonder, here are additional rules governing water usage in the village when the water plant first opened:

• Patrons had to immediately discontinue using water for any purpose, when the fire alarm sounded.

• It was prohibited to hitch horses to fire hydrants.

• Lawn, garden or yard sprinkling was restricted  to the hours of 5:30 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 8 p.m.

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By Paula Scott

The Saturday, June 3 Bluffton Arts and Crafts Festival will be the 50th by that name. It takes some doing to create that kind of continuity. Hiccups come along, like the COVID pandemic, which created a brief gap in the timeline. What has given the festival such longevity? The Icon talked to several individuals who have been instrumental in coordinating and promoting the festival, including long-time manager Jerry Burkholder.

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Loverta White, 91, passed away May 12, 2023 at her residence. Loverta was born July 4, 1931 in Sharp Chapel, Tennessee to the late Dewey and Louadis (Pierce) Wilson. On June 12, 1972 she married Leroy White who preceded her in death on October 30, 1983. 

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BEREA--The Bluffton University men's track and field team sent seven Beavers to Berea for the Harrison Dillard Twilight Meet on Friday, May 12, 2023. Several superb performances, including a school record, were on the menu at Baldwin Wallace University.

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By Cort Reynolds

The handcuffed Bluffton softball team did not put a runner on base in losing a 10-0 loss at Coldwater in the Div. III sectional finals Friday evening, May 12.

Cavalier junior pitcher Madison Wendel threw a five-inning perfect game in the run-rule shortened contest.

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A friendly reminder from Town & Country Flowers and the Icon: Sunday, May 14 is Mother's Day. For any shoppers still expecting the Bluffton Arts & Crafts Festival this weekend, that event has been moved to June 3.

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Striping work to take place Sunday night into Monday morning.

The following work is anticipated to affect highways in Hancock County this weekend. All outlined work is weather permitting.

Interstate 75, in both directions, between the city of Findlay and the village of Bluffton will have delays in the left (passing) lane overnight Sunday, May 14, into Monday morning, May 15, from approximately 6:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m. for mobile painting operations. 

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The Board Of Education of the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools will hold a regular meeting on May 15, 2023 in the Elementary Library, 102 S. Jackson St.

The full six-page meeting agenda is attached HERE. Agenda items include:

Approval Of Agenda 

Approval Of Minutes & Reports 

Involvement Of Visitors 

Treasurer's Transactions 

Agreements 

2023-2024 School District Insurance Plan And Participation Agreement 

Contracts, Assignments, Resignations & Etc.

Approval Of Graduates 

Administrative Reports 

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