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Be A Beaver Triathlon Saturday - starts at swimming pool

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 29, 2014 - 8:42am

The first Be A Beaver Triathlon is set for Saturday, May 31, in Bluffton.

Beginning at 8 a.m. at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool, the event will include a 400-meter pool swim, a 20-kilometer bike on nearby country roads and a 5K run through village streets and the Bluffton University Nature Preserve.

Proceeds will help the university’s cross country and track and field teams cover their costs to attend out-of-state invitational meets.

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Bluffton University
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Village utility bill format changing

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 28, 2014 - 5:53pm

Memo to Village of Bluffton utility users:

No more bills using the familiar yellow card system for Bluffton utility users.

Nancy Kindle, Bluffton village fiscal officer, informed the Icon that the village is switching utility bill formats. 

AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW BILL IS IN AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

“It was our intention to switch with the  current bill, however, with the water damage at town hall, the printer was ruined and we were not able to print the bills,” she said.

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Regional news
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Red, white and Blackburn

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 28, 2014 - 5:10pm

Meet perhaps the youngest participant in this year's Bluffton Memorial Day celebration. He's Lucas Blackburn, decked out in red, white and blue. Lucas is with his dad, Jesse. His mom, Amy, is not in the photo. The Icon found Lucas during the parade.

 

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$39.95 air condition special offered by Stratton's Auto Sales

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 28, 2014 - 3:12pm

Stratton Auto Sales, 220 N. Main St., Bluffton, wants you to stay cool in your vehicle this summer. Amie Stratton announces a summer air conditioining special for $39.95. Open the attachment at the bottom of this story for details.

 

 

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Business
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2008 Honda new manager's special at Kirtland's

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 28, 2014 - 2:18pm

Jim Kinn announces a new manager's special at Kirtland's Auto Sales, 302 N. Main St., Bluffton.

The vehicles is a 2008 Honda CR-V LX listed at $12,495. Open the attachment at the bottom of this story for all the details of the automobile.

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Business
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1950 Alpha Gamma Club party photo

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 28, 2014 - 1:50pm

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Icon viewer Tom Bell, now of Columbus, sent this photo to The Icon. Here's his description:

I am contributing a photo that was taken in October 1950. The location is the Richland Grange which was destroyed on April 11, 1965, during the Palm Sunday tornado. This was an Alpha Gamma event and "come as you are" was not an option.

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Historical Bluffton
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