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Voting by mail begins soon

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2010 - 4:05pm

As summer turns to fall, Election Day is upon us. And thanks to No Fault Absentee voting, any Ohioan who is registered to vote can now do so by mail.

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You are invited to The Icon party 6-7 p.m. today

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2010 - 12:08pm

Guess who's throwing a first anniversary party... and it is today.

The Bluffton Icon, Bluffton's free on-line news source, celebrates its first anniversary with a party at Common Grounds.The event, open to the public, is from 6 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 22, the actually anniversary date that the website went live in 2009.

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Enjoy the last day of summer

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2010 - 4:42am

Enjoy the last day of summer. During the final week of summer the high temperatures were stuck in the 80s and the lows in the 50s. Here are the highs and low for Sept. 14 to 20, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date High Temp Low Temp Prec

Sept. 14 82 52

Sept. 15 80 51

Sept. 16 81 58 0.25

Sept. 17 68 54

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63 years later

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 21, 2010 - 9:04pm

The Bluffton High School Class of 1947 held a reunion in the town hall on Saturday noon, Sept. 18. Twenty class members were present, plus spouses and friends.

First row: Sara Mae (Oberly) Beery, Colleen (Goodman) Hight, Peggy (Martin) Hursey, Betty (Bixel) Jeschke, Wanda (Tschiegg) Geiger, Eleanor (Linden) Thurston, Jean Anne (Burcky) Burkholder.

Second row: Wanda (Lehman) Lyman, Sara Jane (Huser) Amstutz, Catherine (Bohn) Hartman, Helen (Burkholder) Brooks, Imogene (Wenger) Althaus, Alice Ruth (Pannabecker) Ramseyer, Joan (Burkholder) Dailey.

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BHS number 1 and 2 tennis doubles keep winning

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 21, 2010 - 6:56pm

Despite sweeping the doubles matches, the Bluffton High School girls tennis team dropped a close 3-2 match to Celina here Tuesday.

Ashlin Gable and Emily Sprague continued their winning ways at No. 1 doubles, while Kristi Geiser and Liz Diller captured a long two-setter for the other Pirate points.

Shannon Koch lost a marathon match at No. 1 singles, while Amanda Solmonson and Rachel Sehlhorst also lost singles matches.

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Let's book it

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 21, 2010 - 6:23pm

The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library group is holding its fall book sale now until Sept. 24 in conjunction with the library's 75th anniversary. The sale will take place at Bluffton Public Library during regular library hours. All items will be available for a monetary donation. For more information, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org, visit the library or call 419-358-5016.

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