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Council candidates submit interest to village by Sept. 10

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2014 - 2:08pm

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

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2014 - 11:56am

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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Obituaries
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Letter: AEP Ohio warns of phone shutoff scam

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 22, 2014 - 10:59am

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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Letters
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Congressional visit

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 21, 2014 - 5:53pm

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.

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Support for Shannon Cemetery project moving along

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 21, 2014 - 5:01pm

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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Regional news
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New first-year students and transfer students return to campus Friday

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 21, 2014 - 4:41pm

About 250 new first-year and transfer students will lead an annual migration to Bluffton University this weekend.

New student move-in, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, will open a weekend on which other undergraduates will come back to Bluffton for the start of classes Monday, Aug. 25.

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