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Bluffton Lions Foundation Corvette raffle making the rounds this summer

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2012 - 10:58am

The Bluffton Lions Club Foundation is making a name for Bluffton this summer as it attends all types of events, sellling raffle tickets for its Corvette car raffle, according to Dick Ramseyer.
On Aug. 11, members of the club attended the Findlay Flag City BalloonFest with two booths. In this photo are Bluffton Lions Mark Alliman, Jim Bemitler, Gary Bishop and Marilyn Bishop.
This year's car is a 1991 bright red Corvette with only 54,000 miles. It has a 350 cube-inch V8 engine.

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August lunch menu for elementary-MS; plus some reminders about lunch

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 14, 2012 - 10:26pm

The Bluffton elementary and middle school August lunch menu is on the Icon.
This note is from the school: Just a reminder that lunch money must be dropped off in the cafeteria before 9 a.m. It should be placed in an envelope with your child's first and last name written on the outside of it, along with the student account number, and the amount of money enclosed.
If you write a check you do not need to use an envelope, however, on the memo line of check you must write both your child's first and last name and account number.

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Yes! Daily highs in the 70s

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 14, 2012 - 10:24pm

Here's the seven-day report for August from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Date High Low Rain
Aug 7 85 57
Aug 8 89 69
Aug 9 78 66 0.19
Aug 10 71 56 1.54
Aug 11 74 56 0.01
Aug 12 77 56
Aug 13 75 62

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Pop's plate for certain

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 14, 2012 - 4:36pm

Okay, you interprete this one. The Icon spotted this Allen County plate in Ada recently.

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Rep. Huffman visits Bluffton Aug. 7 - speaks to Lions, tours Diamond Manufacturing, Bluffton Hospital

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 14, 2012 - 2:49pm
Rep. Huffman touring Diamond Manufacturing

Fourth District State Representative, Matt Huffman, R, toured Bluffton on Aug. 7. Speaking first at Bluffton Lions at noon, he later toured Diamond Industries (formerly Colonial Surface Solutions), and Bluffton Hospital.
In his tour of the Diamond Manufacturing, he saw the newly expanded portion of the industry, which included 30,000 square feet. That expansion is for warehouse space, which will free up space used by Diamond in the original building.
The Diamond business, originally located in Delphos, was purchased by Colonial Surface Solutions in 2010.

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Watch the Perseid meteor shower tonight!

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 12, 2012 - 7:05pm

The Perseid meteor shower is peaking on Sunday, Aug. 12. The Perseid meteor shower hits its peak every August and appears to come out of the constellation Perseus.
Click here for all the details.

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