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2-26-10 Assembling chamber welcome packets

2-26-10 Assembling chamber welcome packets

MAPLE CREST ASSEMBLY LINE

Coffee with the chamber

COFFEE WITH THE CHAMBER

The first-ever Friday morning "Coffee with the Chamber" attracted over a dozen members to Common Grounds on Feb. 26. The open agenda enabled members to talk about concerns and suggestions for the community. The next coffee session is Friday, March 5. Coffee is provided by The Icon. (Phil Zimmerly photo)

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Icon intern

ICON INTERN

Austin Arnold is the winter-spring Icon journalism intern from Bowling Green State University. The senior journalism major has written several feature stories for the Icon. His most recent tells about 5 Myles High's recent music CD. Here he interviews Paula Scott of the Friends of the Library. That feature will be posted later in the week.

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E. Wayne Kidd 1921-2010

Wayne Kidd

E. Wayne Kidd, 89, Bluffton, died Feb. 25, 2010, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. He was born Jan. 14, 1921, to Cloyce and Lola (Cook) Kidd in Allen County. On Feb. 14, 1944, he married Jeanette Stephens and she survives.

Mr. Kidd retired from the Van Buren Township road maintenance and he was also a farmer. He attended Maranatha Bible Church, Van Buren. He was a member of the VFW Post, Findlay, American Legion Post 3, Findlay, DAV Chapter 43, and Military Order of the Purple Heart. He graduated from Columbus Grove High School.

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Roger Diller was retired co-owner of Family True Value Hardware

Roger Diller

Roger W. Diller, 79, of Bluffton, died at 9:10 p.m., Feb. 25, 2010, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born March 3, 1930, to Earl and Alma (Luginbill) Diller in Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio. On July 5, 1949, he married Marjorie Gratz and she survives.

Mr. Diller was retired co-owner of Family True Value Hardware, Bluffton. He also had owned Diller Plumbing and Electric and had been a co-owner of Community Hardware, Pandora.

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15 minutes with Linda Baber Zwinski

Linda Baber Zwinski

Were you born in Bluffton? When did you graduate from Bluffton High School?

No, I was born in Lima and came to Bluffton in 5th grade. That was the year part of the grade school was at the high school and part I think at the college while the new grad school was being built. I was at the high school. I graduated from Bluffton in 1963.

Tell me some stories about your childhood -- school friends, teachers, funny stories about school or extracurricular.

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