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Mayor of Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2011 - 5:57am

The Icon spotted this unique plate on Main Street, Bluffton. It belongs to Dave Retterer, mayor of Ada, and a faculty member at Ohio Northern University. Most Bluffton residents, however, know Dave's wife, Deb, a pharmacist at Greg's Pharmacy.

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Shawn Combs 1967-2011

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 15, 2011 - 12:49pm
Shawn Combs

Shawn Combs, 43 of rural Bluffton died at 9:41 p.m., Feb. 14, 2011, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. He was born Oct. 22, 1967, in Lima, Ohio to Bill Combs and Nedra Reed. On Dec. 8, 1990, he married Stacy Brewster and she survives.

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J. Bankert Bookkeeping can assist persons getting paperwork ready for taxes; plus host of other services

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 15, 2011 - 7:04am

J. Bankert Bookkeeping of Bluffton is now equipped to assist persons getting paperwork ready to prepare their taxes.

The local firm can assist individuals, small businesses and senior citizens by putting paperwork or books in order so a tax professional can effectively prepare taxes. Specific services available include:

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New Orleans Christian musician performs at Trinity Lutheran Feb. 19

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 15, 2011 - 6:02am

Chris Driesbach, a Christian musician, will present a concert on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera.

Driesbach lives near New Orleans. His songs are original Christian music featuring guitar and keyboard and include a song about his personal experience with hurricane Katrina. He lost all of his musical equipment in the flood that followed but has been able to replace it, thanks to generous gifts from fellow members of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

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No wonder the pipes froze; minus 10 on Feb. 10

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 15, 2011 - 5:54am

Only a trace of snow in the past seven days is a relief while temperatures plunged like a bear stock market early in the week only to warm up by Monday. The minus 10 reading is cold, but the record low reading for our community is minus 17 set in 1975

Here's the seven-day weather summary reported by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer:

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February school board meeting moved to 24th

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 15, 2011 - 5:25am

The February Bluffton school board meeting has been rescheduled, according to Paula Parish, school treasurer.

The new meeting date is 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 24, in the elementary media center.

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