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Bluffton's Friday nights under the lights"

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 21, 2016 - 3:42pm

Here's a Bluffton version of "Friday nights under the lights." It's a photo taken of last week's high school football game between Bluffton and Ada. The photo was taken on Harmon Road near the bridge over Riley Creek.

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R Coop, rural Bluffton, open Friday and Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 21, 2016 - 8:17am

R Coop, 2168 Road R, Bluffton, is open Friday from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to Jane Shaw.

The speciality shop offers great one-of-a-kind, repurposed, fall, Halloween, Christmas and OSU/Michigan items.

R Coop is also on Facebook.

How do you get there? Drive north out of Bluffton 2 miles. It's on your way to Suter's Cider Press.

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Business
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Riley Creek UMC hymn sing Oct. 30

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on October 21, 2016 - 6:00am

Riley Creek United Methodist Church, rural Pandora, holds afternoon of hymns and songs on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 3 p.m.  

"Music from many eras will weave together a tapestry of faith and the message of redemption.  Bring your voice in whatever condition it is and raise a joyful noise together with a great chorus of others as we sing the hymns that are the soundtrack of our heritage and inspiration,” said Rev. Duane Kimberley, pastor.         

HIS Blank Canvas, an art ministry, will be shared at the event.

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Worship
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Martyrs Mirror and Jan Luyken artwork forum topic Nov. 1

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on October 21, 2016 - 6:00am

Dr. David Weaver-Zercher, professor of American religious history at Messiah College, will present “Humanizing Martyrdom: ‘Martyrs Mirror’ and the Artwork of Jan Luyken” during a Bluffton University Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. 

 

Dr. Weaver-Zercher, the author of a new social history of the “Martyrs Mirror,” will explain how images enlivened 17thcentury European accounts of Christian martyrdom such as the “Martyrs Mirror.”

 

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Bluffton University
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Boys' soccer: Pirates blank Ottoville 3-0 in the rain

BHS advances to district finals Tuesday against Ft. Jennings
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 20, 2016 - 10:47pm

Ottoville came to Bluffton for their second game of a sectional boys' soccer match. Bluffton, playing its first game after taking a bye, knocked off the Big Green, 3-0.
 
Playing in a steady rain, the teams traded splashes till the 7th minute when Luke Young took the pass from Josh Begg and buried it in the net.

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Sports
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If history is the guide look for Bluffton-Richland Township to vote Republican for president

However, the May primary shows there is room for doubt
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 20, 2016 - 3:25pm

If history is the guide, the majority of Bluffton and Richland Township voters will support the Republican presidential candidate on Nov. 8.

But, as the May primary results show, there is room for doubt in the election.

However, The Icon’s analysis of presidential voting patterns here since 1908 reflecting history as the guide will probably mean a Republican win.

Consider the following show of Republican political strength in this community:

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