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Icon's weekly high school football contest returns - enter now!

The 2014 Icon weekly high school football contest is back! The first week has 10 games plus two tie-breakers. The first week's contest is a practice round for contestants.

• TO ENTER THIS WEEK'S CONTEST CLICK HERE.

Here's how the contest is played:

 

1 - Contestant's may enter as often as they wish, but may only enter their own name one time per week.

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Council candidates submit interest to village by Sept. 10

Bluffton council will have a vacancy in September.

Interested Bluffton citizens, who have been residents for at least one year, may submit their letter of interest to Council President David Steiner by email
[email protected]

Or they may be mailed to:
Village of Bluffton
Attn: Dave Steiner
PO Box 63
Bluffton, OH 45817

Letters of interest are due by Sept.10.

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Funeral service Aug. 26 for retired Bluffton business woman JoAnn Bender

JoAnn Bender, 84, of Bluffton died Aug. 22, 2014, at 7:55 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  She was born Sept. 8, 1929, in Fostoria to Clarence and Mildred Seitz Brunn. On Aug. 4, 1948 she married Robert F. Bender and he preceded her in death on Dec. 14, 2011.

Mrs. Bender was the owner of JoAnn's Beauty Shop, Bluffton for over 15 years. She then joined her husband as owners of  A-Z Portion Control Meats, Bluffton. She was an active music booster supporter. She was a graduate of Lima Senior High School. 

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Letter: AEP Ohio warns of phone shutoff scam

Icon viewers:

We are warning all of our customers of a payment scam being conducted via phone in various areas of our service territory. We continue to hear reports that customers are receiving calls threatening to shut off their power if they don't make an immediate payment over the phone with a money card. This is a scam and people are using our name illegally. The people making these calls are not from AEP Ohio.

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Congressional visit

U.S. 4th District Congressman Jim Jordan (left) toured the former Triplett building with its new owners on Aug. 20. Tom Langhals, president and owner of Colonial Surface Solutions and Diamond Manufacturing of Bluffton, (right), led the tour. The building is used as warehouse space for several Bluffton industries. While in Bluffton, Jordan also visited Diamond Manufacturing and met with Judy Augsburger, Bluffton mayor, and Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.

Support for Shannon Cemetery project moving along

The Shannon Cemetery Project has quietly built up some steam this summer, Dick Boehr told The Icon this week.

"We are starting to receive some significant donations to assist in our overall renovation plan," he said.

Boehr, local promoter of several community projects, has taken on Bluffton’s pioneer cemetery on Jefferson Street and wants to turn into a source of community pride. Joining Boehr.

“This continuing conversation from cemetery to park-cemetery is a combination of the Bluffton council and interested community people working together,” Boehr said.

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