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Alphorn performance party of Swiss Day events June 29

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2014 - 12:12pm

You don’t need to travel to Switzerland to hear alphorns. They are coming to Bluffton during this year’s Swiss Day, sponsored by the Swiss Community Historical Society.

This year’s Swiss Day includes a potluck at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, June 29, at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, 8905 Columbus Grove Road. Persons attending are invited to print a potluck dish to share.

A 2 p.m. program features the performance by an alphorn quartet from Columbus.

The Schumacher homestead, 8350 Bixel Road, will have an open house beginning at 3 p.m.

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Events
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Here's who won the Diamond Sports raffle

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2014 - 9:40am

Congrats to the Bluffton Diamond Sports raffle ticket fundraiser winners. Erinn Prater announced the following winners:

1st place Reds tickets - ticket 102: Pamela Everett of Bluffton
2nd place Reds tickets - ticket 281: Jason & Jennifer Swartzlander of Bluffton
3rd place Mudhens tickets - ticket 197: Aaron Kruse of Findlay
4th place Mudhens tickets - ticket 304: Tammy Whitlow of Bluffton

 

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People
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She was the first woman on the Bluffton school board

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2014 - 8:51am

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Judy Augsburger recently became the first woman mayor of Bluffton. Without studying the photo, can you name the first woman elected to the Bluffton school board? It was Lois Rodabaugh. She was president of the school board when this photo was taken.

Here is the Bluffton Exempted Village School board of education during the 1967-68 school year.

Seated in front, James Stratton.

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Historical Bluffton
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It's June - and that means Suter's strawberries are ripening as you read this

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2014 - 5:56pm

It's strawberry season in rural Bluffton.

The juicy red fruits are being picked at Suter's Produce, Pandora. Genesis Hefner of Lima, shows the 'berries she picked on Tuesday. U-Pick at Suter's field on Bixel Road opens at 7 a.m.

U-pick hours are Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., depending upon availability of strawberries, according to Jerry Suter.

The red barn stands are now open at Cable Road, Lima, Ottawa, and both Findlay stands. All open at 10 a.m. each morning.

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Business
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Bluffton Bambi chapter 2, or the adventures of a newborn fawn

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2014 - 5:37pm

Bluffton Bambi Chapter 2:

On Sunday the Icon posted a photo of a new-born fawn discovered in an unnamed Bluffton location, which was near a familiar neighborhood. In that story we revealed that Bambi was alone, and curled up in some greenery. 

We concluded that:

1 - Bambi was an orphan, or
2 - Bambi's mother left the fawn with plans to return later.

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Iconoclast View
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Food boxes available in Pandora-Gilboa school district

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2014 - 5:10pm

The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District. The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four.

In order to pick up a box, you must register by calling 419-384-3038 by 5 p.m. on June 15th. Boxes will be available to be picked up on Saturday June 28 at 11 a.m. at the Grace Mennonite Church, 502 East Main Street, Pandora.

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Worship
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