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Ken's vehicle?

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 24, 2010 - 4:42am

KENZ 10 has a Miami County "55" number. The Icon spotted it in a Bluffton University parking lot. Could this be Ken's car? Or is there another meaning?

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Beaverdam tile factory

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 24, 2010 - 4:28am

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Here's another Will Triplett photo. It shows a tile factory in Beaverdam, which makes this a rather rare photo because we've not seen many turn-of- the century photos from Beaverdam. The persons in the photo and the exact location of factory is not provided. The photo was taken cira 1900.
Reprint by Trish Triplett. Provided to The Icon by Roger Triplett

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Historical Bluffton
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Ethelyn Rice 1917-2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 23, 2010 - 7:02am
Ethelyn Rice

Ethelyn S. Oyer Rice, 93, died at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton where she had been a resident since June of 2007.

She was born Sept. 5, 1917 in Chicago, Ill. to Rev. Amos and Phoebe Pearl Steiner Oyer. After the death of her parents she and her four siblings were raised by Adella Steiner Oyer in Bluffton. On March 25, 1945, she married Edwin N. Rice and he preceded her in death on Dec. 31, 2002.

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Obituaries
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365 days later

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2010 - 8:02pm

The Bluffton Icon celebrated its first anniversary with a party at Common Grounds on Sept. 22. Over 75 persons attended. The Icon enters its second year as Bluffton's free Internet news provider with over 130,000 views to its credit.

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Voting by mail begins soon

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2010 - 4:05pm

As summer turns to fall, Election Day is upon us. And thanks to No Fault Absentee voting, any Ohioan who is registered to vote can now do so by mail.

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Regional news
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You are invited to The Icon party 6-7 p.m. today

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2010 - 12:08pm

Guess who's throwing a first anniversary party... and it is today.

The Bluffton Icon, Bluffton's free on-line news source, celebrates its first anniversary with a party at Common Grounds.The event, open to the public, is from 6 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 22, the actually anniversary date that the website went live in 2009.

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