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Free community meal June 25 in Pandora

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 12, 2014 - 11:29am

The Pandora United Methodist Church will be hosting a free community meal on Wednesday, June 25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora.

The meal this month is provided as a “Thank You” to the community by the Reichley/Diller family. The menu will be shredded chicken sandwich, side dish, chips, dessert and beverage.

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Worship
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John and Esther Spaeth celebrate 50th

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 12, 2014 - 11:27am

John and Esther Spaeth will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 15 with an open house hosted by their children at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jenera from 2-5 p.m.

They were married there by Pastor Donald Laude on June 15, 1964. John and Esther (Smith) were neighbors who attended Trinity. They had their first date after being on a Luther Society picnic committee together.

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People
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Expand your reading horizon: Here's a summer book list to consider

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 11, 2014 - 8:33pm

The Icon invites you to consider a book reading list unlike most you've encountered. We invited our Bluffton University intern, Nnenna Onwukeme, to offer a reading list of African writers. Here's her list:

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Iconoclast View
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Lots of fish stories follow Maple Crest's fishing derby

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 11, 2014 - 6:34pm

Go fish!

Over 220 Maple Crest residents, staff members, and their families turned out to fish at the Maple Crest pond on June 5. They also enjoyed a hot dog supper on the grill. 

Luther Shetler blasted the starting note for the derby on a shell horn and the first catch of the day was moments later by Richard Lasko. 

Others followed suit, with Mathias Klausing catching the longest fish of the day at 20 ½ inches, Elaina Helser catching the shortest fish at 2 ¾ inch, and Madie Treglia catching the most fish (eight).  

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People
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A little summer music

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 11, 2014 - 5:19pm

Tad Steiner keeps his eyes on the music during a summer strings class led by Rachael Lewis, Bluffton school strings instructor.

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Get 'em while they're hot

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 10, 2014 - 5:49pm

They are flipping 'bergers and brats at The Dough Hook on Wednesday. The downtown meat market offers grilled lunches on Wednesday this summer.

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