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Through the legs

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 22, 2010 - 9:23pm

Jess Hunter, a member of the Bluffton High School girls' varsity tennis team, tosses a tennis ball through the legs three elementary students during the Midwest Youth Team Tennis camp going on at Howe Tennis Courts this week. The camp is sponsored by the Bluffton Area Tennis Association.

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Joanne Niswander: What I did on my summer vacation

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 22, 2010 - 5:04pm

My Joanne Niswander

The sun is warm, the breeze is cool, the harbor is calm, and all's well at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. I've been here for nearly three weeks now, so maybe I have enough of a feeling about the place to pass some of my observations on to you.

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College Avenue resident gets new lease on life

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 21, 2010 - 10:04pm

Hail, hail, the gang's all here. Or so goes the Bluffton High School Fight Song. Harmon Field Stadium is have a new lease on its 70-plus year life this summer. The stadium is being renovated in preparation for the 2010 football season. The project is part of the school's permanent improvement funds.

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Two more VBS planned in the community

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 21, 2010 - 6:16pm

Two more Vacation Bible Schools are yet to be held in the Icon viewership area. They follow:

July 25-29

Bluffton Community VBS

(Several community churches participating)

At First United Methodist Church

6-8:30 p.m.SonQuest Rainforest

4 years through 5th gradeMore info: 419-358-8921

July 26-30

Rockport United Methodist

6:30-8:30 p.m.Sonforce Kids

3 years to 6th gradeMore info: 419-943-1383, or 419-229-9513

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Worship
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Only in Montana

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 21, 2010 - 6:08pm

No, we didn't see this plate on a Bluffton street. Bob Antibus caught this plate while on sabbatical in Montana. It couldn't be a Bluffton plate. There are no crazy spouses here.

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Regional news
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AEP issues Tuesday weather alert

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 21, 2010 - 11:10am

AEP provided the following weather alert for northwestern Ohio on Monday afternoon: Severe thunderstorms containing damaging winds will impact western Ohio overnight.

Upper level systems moving over a warm, moist air mass will develop a series of thunderstorms complexes over the next three days...one is currently moving through southern Ohio.

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Regional news
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