October 2011

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Jeff Kantner of Family True Value Hardware, 109 N. Main Street, announced the October bargains of the month for Icon viewers.

These include:

  • $6.99 18" Indoor/Outood Push Broom (regularly $12.99)
  • $2.99 12 oz Gaps & Cracks Minimal Expanding Foam Sealant (regularly $4.99)

Family True Values Hardware's phone number is 419-358-2866. Store hours are Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Family True Value Hardware is an Icon advertiser.

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Riverdale girls' slipped past Bluffton 2-1 in girls' soccer Tuesday at Steinmetz Field.

Stats follow:

Halftime: 0-0 Goals: (R) Cole, (B) Dulle, (R) Penwell. Assists: (B) Leugers.
Shots on Goal: R, 14-6. Corner Kicks: B, 6-4,Saves: R,Parish (5); B,Heslep (12)

Home: Bluffton 4-9-0, 3-1-0
Away: Riverdale 7-5-0, NA

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Stats: http://www.bluffton.edu/sports/womenssoccer/2011/10-04-ws.htm

The Earlham College women's soccer team jumped on the scoreboard twice in the first period and held on to capture a 2-1 victory over Bluffton University on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. The Beavers fell to 4-3-1 overall and 1-2 in the Heartland Conference with their second straight setback. Earlham improved to 5-4-1 on the season and 2-0 in the HCAC,

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BFR is inviting area businesses to offer prizes for its free (scare-free) Halloween party planned on Sunday, Oct. 23, according Maranda Miller.

"In order to keep this a free community event we are looking for donations," she told The Icon. There are several ways businesses may contribute:

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Several fall Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce programs are in the planning stages. In addition, the chamber, in conjunction with Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs, is beginning to add workshops covering specific topics, which follow some of the monthly breakfast meetings.

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For a moment we thought it was 1960. The Icon spotted this 76 ZT plate in downtown Bluffton. In a previous Ohio license plate system, ZT plates were available only in Pandora. Someone kept number 76 for a very long time.

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It was 101 football season ago.

In 1910 Bluffton had a football team that must have been pretty good. Their mascot was the Warriors, and they were never scored upon.

That's about all that is known of this famous squad, thanks for the wording on the football in the photo.

We recognize Ray Triplett on the far right in the top row. Looks as if he might be the coach. Charles Hankish is on the front row, second from left.

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It didn't rain 40 days and 40 nights in September, but it rained 20 of September's 30 days and total rainfall measured 7.66 inches during the month. That compares with September's normal average of 2.95 inches, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Here's some other September weather figures from Verhoff:

The average September temperature in 2011: 63.2
Normal average September temperature: 63.7 degrees
Maximum September temperature: 94 on Sept. 3
Minimum September temperature: 40 on Sept. 16

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By Ron Geiser

Two victories in three days have lifted the Bluffton High School girls tennis team to a 13-2 dual match record, assuring the Pirates of their best percentage season in history.

Coach Jesse Sensenig's netters disposed of Archbold 4-1 last Saturday morning and followed that up with a 3-2 edging of Bath Monday, both wins on the road.

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Did you ever hear the story about Bert Swank and George Klay testing Triplett meters by submerging them in the Buckeye in the mid-1940s?

Here's an excerpt from the 1940-49 chapter of "A Good Place To Miss - Bluffton Stories 1900-1975."

Following are excerpts from The Tripletter, the Triplet Meter Company publication. The first is a front-page story from April 1945.

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