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Stephanie Theis of Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora, will offer instructions for the game of dominos this week at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.The event is at 10 a.m., Friday, July 18. Once the rules are explained, games will be played. The event is open to the public.

Two community meals are planned for July by the Bluffton Inner Church Board. The meals are Thursday, July 7, and Thursday, July 21. Both are at 6 p.m. in the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, North Main Street.

Admission is free; donations are accepted and will go to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program food pantry.

Bluffton Presbyterian Church will sponsor the July 7 meal; St. Mary's Catholic the July 21 meal.

Icon viewers:

I've begun reading Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, a book that changed Dad's life. You might find this paragraph interesting:

July comes in like a heat wave. Here's the weather summary for the first four days of July from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date Max temp Min temp Prec
July 1 88 64
July 2 92 71 0.09
July 3 90 68
July 4 89 68

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Here's Hiram Kohli in his classic baseball catcher's position. Paul Diller took this photo with the series of Main Street business men. Here's some observations from Charles Hilty about this photo:

Hiram Kohli was an excellent baseball player. He was Ziggy Burcky's catcher in college days and played later on good sand lot teams. I think that A. C. and Hiram used to have a nostalgic game of pitch and catch every spring down on the old college baseball diamond.

1954 - Roger Bannister ran a mile under 4 minutes, Rosa Parks was arrested. Sports Illustrated had it first issue. The Icon spotted this 1954 Ohio license plate at the Wheels Fest.

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