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Pie heaven

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2011 - 1:04pm

By Julie Stratton
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio

It is one of those big debates of life that always trip us up and last week it raised it's ugly head in a conversation with my friend, "cake or pie?"

If you have ever found yourself in this debate you will get a vast array of passionate answers. Most people are either one or the other. I have to say that I fall into the pie enthusiast category.

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Roxie Kloeppel Bluffton's pie champ; auction raises $400

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2011 - 12:56pm
Roxie Kloeppel and her best overall pie

This year's pies auctioned off at $400! And it was all for a good cause. Is there anything sweeter than a homemade pie? You could have gotten your fill of "sweetness" at the pie baking contest hosted by Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Bluffton, on Feb. 11.

Tied with the spaghetti dinner, the evening raised $1,000 for Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio.

To see a view of all the pies click here.

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Snow slide

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2011 - 9:31am
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.

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Northwest Physical Therapy introduces weight loss program

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2011 - 4:08am

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.

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Imagine if Batman removed his mask - an event like that, but even better takes place Wednesday night in Founders

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2011 - 3:56am
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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Santa on the Sinclair roof

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 13, 2011 - 7:10pm

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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.

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