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Sardines win home swim meet vs. Van Wert

Posted by Paula Scott on June 19, 2022 - 7:14am

With power restored following severe storms that occurred after Monday night's meet, the Bluffton Sardines hosted the Van Wert YMCA Marlins in Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) competition on Thursday, June 16.

The Sardines won the combined event with a score of 929-199 and won the boys and girls meets.

Top Bluffton swimmers with four first place finishes in individual competition were Roman Shank, Camden Verb and Riley Verb. Swimmers with three first place finishes were Madelyn Agner, Ethan Roby and Madelyn Sterret.

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Sports
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Bluffton is home of the “ashless cigar”

Posted by Staff on June 19, 2022 - 6:00am

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Created by a 1919 BHS graduate 
It’s a little-known fact that Bluffton, Ohio, is the home of the patented “ashless cigar.”

Why there’s no sign at the edge of town stating this fact is something I’ve never quite figured out. Perhaps it’s time to do something about it. So, here’s me doing something.

This cigar information is a long-held secret in my family, who happens to hold the patent.

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Historical Bluffton
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Book Review: Two Gabriel Du Pre' novels by Peter Bowen

Posted by Staff on June 19, 2022 - 6:00am

By Robert McCool, Icon columnist

Welcome to the new Old West and a colorful cowboy and sometime deputy.

Life in Toussaint, Montana is all but disappeared. The Me'tis Indian people cling to their old ways while outsiders move into the area by the Wolf Mountains and bring their own problems to the town of five hundred survivors in this modern world.

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Columnists
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Father’s Day inspiration

Posted by Paula Scott on June 19, 2022 - 6:00am

By Paula Scott

Father’s Day shouldn’t pass without a mention in the Icons. I’m sorry to say that Mother’s Day 2022 passed without note on our Bluffton site, while Ada received a shopping countdown. Indeed, gifts and meals are often how we lavish love on family members. In my own family, Mother’s Day has been squeezed in between countless soccer tournaments and graduations, while Father’s Day in June seems a bit more leisurely.

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Iconoclast View
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2021 Bluffton Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report

Posted by Staff on June 19, 2022 - 6:00am

The Village of Bluffton has posted the annual report on water quality. which was announced on recent water bills.

The report below is available on the village website and as a PDF file.

Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report For 2021

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Regional news
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GROB apprentices report for work

Posted by Paula Scott on June 19, 2022 - 5:49am

GROB Systems Inc. shared this photo of new apprentices starting at the Bluffton manufacturing plant the week of June 13. During their first two years, they will be earning company-paid Associates Degrees in Engineering Technology.

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