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Icon and Common Grounds invites to you enter count the coffee bean contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 22, 2010 - 4:23pm

The Bluffton Icon and Common Grounds Coffee Shop recently teamed up for yet another fantastic contest. This one is simple, and Phil and Fred guess that you've never played it before.

Simply guess how many Icon coffee beans fit in this jar. The winner will be featured in an Icon 15-minute interview, plus may go home with a hearty congratulations from Common Grounds.

Here's how you enter. Stop in Common Grounds. Check out the coffee jar. An entry form is available at the shop. Enter and wait until New Year's day 2011 (actually Jan. 2) to discover if you've won.

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Billy A. Chidester, 1929 - 2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 22, 2010 - 11:10am
Billy A. Chidester

Billy A. Chidester, 81, of Bluffton, died at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 21, 2010, at Bluffton Hospital.

He was born June 1, 1929 to Charles and Roberta (Church) Chidester in Cridersville, Ohio. He married Barbara Leigh on April 8, 1951. He later married Thelma Knupp (Feb. 1, 1986) and she died Oct. 4, 2009.

Mr. Chidester retired after 46 1/2 years from the Nickel Plate-Norfolk Western Southern Railroad. He was a member of the Sugar Creek Church of the Brethren, Lima, and was attending College First Church of God, Findlay.

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Bach Festival chorus rehearsals to begin at Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 22, 2010 - 8:22am

The chorus for Bluffton University's spring Bach Festival will rehearse at 7 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 11, in the Gilliom Room of Mosiman Hall on campus. Rehearsals will continue until the festival performance of portions of Bach's "Mass in B Minor," at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 20, in Yoder Recital Hall.

Singers from high school through adults are encouraged to join the chorus, which will be conducted by Dr. Mark J. Suderman, professor of music at Bluffton. Music will be available for singers to borrow at no cost.

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Instructions on making The Icon your home page

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 22, 2010 - 6:34am

Icon viewers often ask us how to make The Icon their computer home page. Here are instructions for viewers using Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome.

These instructions are also available by going to the bottom of The Icon homepage. Click "Set The Icon as your homepage!"

We encourage viewers using other browsers who are not able to make The Icon your home page to contact us at: [email protected]. We'll walk you through the steps.

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Maple Crest Christmas

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2010 - 10:46pm
Maple Crest Christmas

Maple Crest has its own Christmas light show this month.

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Bluffton and bike paths have a long history - it all started with the Triplett Bike Path

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2010 - 6:04pm

Note: A Bluffton Bike and Pedestrian Pathway Committee, established by Bluffton council, is working to create a pathway, which will eventually encircle the Village of Bluffton. This is the first in a series of feature stories on this project.

History of the Triplett Bike Path

While most residents today take the Triplett Bike Path for granted, efforts that went into that project took over 10 years to complete.

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