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Reflections on 100,000 views

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2010 - 6:30pm

Bluffton Icon Viewers:

We eagerly watch the numbers on the Icon. So when the odometer recently flipped over to 100,000 total views in just 10 months, we went into a bit of a tizzy. After all, 10 months ago, this whole project was an experiment filled with unknowns. All we really knew was that we wanted to continue to deliver small-town journalism in a way that would reach a variety of generations.

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Iconoclast View
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From the Halls of Montezuma

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2010 - 4:53pm

Ohio vanity license plates are now available for countless organizations. The Icon spotted this U.S. Armed Forces Veteran plate on Main Street.

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Regional news
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Bluffton community worship service Aug. 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2010 - 1:20pm

The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association (BAMA) is planning a community worship service at 9 a.m., on Sunday Aug. 1.

This worship service comes at the end of a week of Vacation Bible School hosted this year at the First United Methodist Church. Children who attended Bible School will sing a few of the songs they learned during worship.

The community worship service will take place on the Presbyterian Church lawn. (In case of rain, the service will be held in the middle school cafetorium.)

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Worship
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Bluffton 3rd grade in 1911

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2010 - 6:08am

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It was 100 years ago when this photo was taken. It shows the Bluffton third grade during the 1910-11 school year. Perhaps you have a relative in this photo.

Front row from left, Fairy (Berry) Musselman, Edmond Althaus, Howard Augsburger, Florence Johns, Beatrice (Steth) Conaway.

Second row from left, Helen Basinger, Geraldine Bigler, Harold Kemp, Mae McGeorge, Ruth Murray, Lester Hahn, Robert Swick, Bernice (Althaus) Carder, Frances Geiger, Opal Betzner, Carl Lewis.

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Historical Bluffton
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Some thoughts on Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio gaining senior citizen status

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2010 - 5:16am

By Fred Steiner

In a manner of speaking, the Mennonite Home officially gained senior citizen status this summer. It's 55 years old. It may now join AARP.

My connection to 410 W. Elm St. is unusual: I've never lived there, but know it pretty well. My mother worked there for over a quarter of a century, first in the laundry, next as a nurse's aide, then as an LPN and finally as a resident herself.

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People
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55th anniversary on Sunday

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 17, 2010 - 9:13pm

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio celebrates its 55th anniversary from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For complete details click here.

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