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Fast track

It's not track and field season yet, but the track is ready at the Ada stadium. A new track was installed this summer. Here's a look at it from the grandstand.

Bluffton Police Chief: Ill fox destroyed and buried on Friday

Friday afternoon a Bluffton Icon viewer notified The Icon that a fox was shot by Bluffton police between Tom Fett Road and the Maple Grove Cemetery earlier today. This location is on Columbus Grove Road, directly on the west side of Bluffton

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Upon contacting Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief, Skilliter told The Icon: “I can confirm one animal determined to be an ill fox was destroyed and buried by village crews earlier today.”

More photos of "mystery beast" coming to The Icon

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More photos of the mystery beast are coming to The Icon's attention. (Click here to read previous posts.)

These were taken on Sept. 12, 2012, a couple miles south of Jenera, on Township Road 29.

"Amy R" took the photos and says: "It looked sick, but not as sick as the one in the current photo you have. One of the photos looks very similar to the photo previously posted on The Icon, with a little more hair is all.

ONU student works with Wycliffe Bible Translators program

Elita Smith, a student at Ohio Northern University from Bluffton, spent her summer "vacation" working on a service project in Papua New Guinea.

Every year Wycliffe Bible Translators' Go Experience Translation (GET) Global program sends high school and college students from around the world to lend a hand in mission work.

A typical trip includes eight to 10 students spending two to three weeks among people of a minority language where Bible translation is in progress. This year’s group worked in one of the most linguistically complex countries in the world: Papua New Guinea, an island-nation home to more than 800 languages.

Job seekers workshops hosted by Ada Public Library this fall

The Ada Public Library is hosting a fall full of job seeking and unemployment help.

Professional staff from ONU's Polar Career Center will be presenting several monthly discussions on career related topics, and also offering some one-on-one assistance. The dates and topics are listed below:

Monday, Sept 9, 6 p.m.:  How to Create a Resume
Learn the best way to present your skills and experience in a professional-looking resume.

Irene Smith was retired from Wilson Sporting Goods

Irene Smith, age 89, died at 12:44 p.m. on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Kenton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Kenton.

She was born on February 21, 1924 in Myrtle, Kentucky, to R.D. & Sarah (Sparks) Hall and they preceded her in death. Irene first married Glenn Ball on December 23, 1941, and he died June 30, 1944. She then married James Mullins on April 20, 1946, and he died July 20, 1963. She married Pearlie Conley on February 12, 1965, and he died June 23, 1967. She then married Rev. Franklin D. Smith on March 14, 1975, and he died August 22, 2003.

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