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Council meeting: please pass the salt - if there is any to pass

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2011 - 5:37pm

When the snow piles go up the salt piles go down.

Bluffton's salt supply is about one bin full, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator. "We have two bins, which each hold nearly 75 tons of salt," he told Bluffton council on Monday night.

"We have ordered another 75 tons of salt. This would put us slightly over our reserve tonnage allotment for the year, but we would still have access to an additional 30 tons if we need it and our supplier has it available," he said.

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Public Meetings
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A Valentine's Day gift to the world - knotting comforters

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2011 - 5:01pm

Don't let anyone tell you different - it's an art. Twenty women spent most of Valentine's Day 2011 practicing the art of knotting comforters. The work took place in First Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall.

The volunteers, from First Mennonite Church and Grace Mennonite, Pandora, get together two times a year to practice their art - once in October and again in February.

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Worship
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Barbara Plaugher on "History and Women in the Lions Club" Feb. 15

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2011 - 1:15pm

The Bluffton Lions Club meets at 11:45 AM to 1 PM in the Patio room at Maple Crest the first and third Tuesday of each month except for December & July when the meetings are the first Tuesday. Chapter Anniversary. Speaker will be Barbara Plaugher on "History and Women in the Lions Club."

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Regional news
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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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Iconoclast View
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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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People
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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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