Bluffton American Legion Post 382 held a cookout and installation ceremony of post officers at the Buckeye Park Shelteron June 18.
Forty persons attended, according to Dennis Morrison, PR officer.
Following the picnic the new officers were sworn in by 2nd District Commander Tom Faller from Post 387, Minster.
Each year Maple Crest residents participate in an international party. On July 2, 2012, they celebrated the legal holiday of "Canada Day," since the July 1 anniversary date of the 1867 enactment of the British North America Act fell on Sunday.
That Act united three British colonies into a single country (within the British Empire) - Canada.
Maple Crest resident Gladys Simmons was raised in Canada and found herself drawn to the Royal Family, partly because Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, was born the same year as Gladys.
We didn't count the rings, but we are betting this tree is a centurian. The Buckeye fell during the June 29 severe wind storm. Accompaying this story is a video, which involves a walk around the tree.
Also accompanying this story is a photo taken Oct. 31, 1900, at the dedication of College Hall. there are several trees in the photo. This one would have been small. We can't claim to see it in this photo, but perhaps other Icon viewers see it.
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On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a landmark decision, that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the provision that most Americans carry health insurance or pay a penalty, is constitutional.
As of 5 p.m. July 4, AEP Ohio, through our rebuilding efforts, has restored power to approximately 74 percent of the 660,000 customers affected by the catastrophic storm that moved through the state June 29 and the additional 20,000 who lost power in the July 1 evening
storm.
Approximately 171,000 AEP Ohio customers remain without power across our service territory this afternoon.
As AEP Ohio continues to restore electric service to the more than 660,000 customers who were left without electricity by Friday's windstorm, company officials are reminding customers that some repairs to the customers' premises cannot be performed by AEP Ohio employees.
In instances where the storm has damaged customer's wiring or
equipment, the customer needs to contact a qualified electrician to ensure that their home can accept AEP Ohio's service when crews arrive to make repairs.
In an overhead electric system, the connection between AEP Ohio and
The American Red Cross cooling center in the Multi-Purpose Building of the Hancock County Humane Society will remain open on Thursday, according to Executive Director Todd James.
"Our operation of the cooling center will be decided on a day by day basis, based on the number of people coming to the center each day and the number of homes in the area still without power." James says the center served over eighty meals on the 4th of July.
Get out of the heat on Thursday and Friday (July 5-6) with free and cool entertainment at the Shannon Theatre.
From 1 to 5 p.m. on both days, Shannon Theatre will continuously loop about an hour's worth of classic 1940's and 1950's cartoons, as well as about 30 minutes worth of previews for up-coming movies.
The air conditioning set at a chilly 70 degrees, and with free admission, anyone may come and go as you like, all afternoon.
The theatre will mix the content up between Thursday and Friday so that persons can join us both days
Story and photo by Jake Dowling, Icon summer intern
Heard of the saying, 'there's no place like home?' For Gordon Diller, funeral director of Chiles-Laman Funeral Home, Bluffton, there is no better place for a home than a funeral home.
"It has always been nice to work here," Diller said. "My home is upstairs and so I have always been able to raise my family in a funeral home."
Funeral homes that serve as a home are not as common as they used to be, but for Diller, that has meant the world to him.
Dancers' Elite will start its summer classes on Wednesday, July 11. Classes run for six weeks. Classes are in ballet, tap, jazz and tumbling. Ages 3 and up.
Call Debbie Garlock at 419-358-0900 or 419-235-0811 for more info or to register. Dancers' Elite is a member of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce and on Facebook.
Garlock is a graduate of Dance Educators of America and has been teaching dance for 37 years.
