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Snow slide

With the weekend warm spell snow on rooftops took a tumble. Here's a photo sent to The Icon showing snow sliding off the roof of the Swiss Homestead on Bixel Road.

The Right Weigh - a division of Northwest Physical Therapy - will offer a free informational session to the public to introduce their new weight loss program.

The Right Weigh is a dietitian supervised, medically-based weight loss program offered through Northwest Fitness Club and is currently accepting new clients.

The next information session is Thursday, Feb. 24, at 5:30 pm at Northwest Fitness Club in Ottawa, 1880 North Perry St., next to the Ottawa Medical and Diagnostic Building.

J. Denny Beaver

Imagine if Batman removed his mask.

An event like this, only better, takes place Wednesday night, in Founders Hall of all places.

The career of J. Denny Beaver the First comes to an end Wednesday night in Founders.

J. Denny Beaver's true identity is shrouded in mystery, but at halftime of the Bluffton-Defiance men's basketball game, the mystery will be resolved.

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Carol Koontz Heath sent this photo to The Icon recently. Imagine for a moment that a Sinclair service station is at the corner of College and Main (specifically in the front lawn of the Bluffton Public Library). If you can imagine such a scene in December in the 1950s, this is what you'd see. The Koontz brothers - Joe and Jack - operated the station. This was the Christmas decoration on the top of the station. Gas was, oh, 30 cents a gallon. For more details, see Mary Koontz at the senior citizen center.

Icon viewer Phil Zimmerly spotted "Mrs. Che" in Toledo.

Note to Icon viewers: The Bluffton Public Library offers copies of most federal income tax forms. The Bluffton Post Office offers free copies of Ohio tax forms.

The Internal Revenue Service recently unveiled IRS2Go, its first smartphone application that lets taxpayers check on their status of their tax refund and obtain helpful tax information.

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