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The Coast Guard Commendation Medal to BHS grad

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 18, 2009 - 4:44am
Blaize Potts

Bluffton High School grad Petty Officer Blaize Potts, serving in the United States Coast Guard in Alaska, recently received a citation for outstanding achievement while serving as flight mechanic aboard a Coast Guard HH-65C helicopter this past January. This rescue was selected for an award to be presented at a helicopter expo in Houston in February 2010.

The crew of which Potts was a member was dispatched from Cold Bay, Alaska, to evacuate a severely injured crewman with severe head trauma from the F/V Kodiak.

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People
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Dear Santa: Do you like sugar cookies?

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 17, 2009 - 5:52pm

Icon viewers may drop off letters to Santa in the special mail box in the Bluffton Post Office lobby. The post office delivers the letters to The Icon to print. Then, if a mailing address is included, the letters to to the elves at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center for a personal reply.

Dear Santa:

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Letters
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Baptist live nativity final evening Dec. 19

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 17, 2009 - 5:37pm

This weekend is your final chance of the season to view the Bluffton Baptist Church's live nativity. The final showing is Saturday, Dec. 19. The nativity, located in the church parking lot at 345 County Line Road, may be viewed from 7 to 9 p.m. This is the 26th season of the church's live nativity.

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Worship
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ML 1976

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 17, 2009 - 5:22pm
ML 1977

Find a guy whose initials are ML who was born in 1976 and lives in Hancock County and you'll learn who owns this license plate.

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Regional news
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The very best Christmas gift

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 17, 2009 - 6:48am

Over the past 53 (ulp) Christmases, many gifts have appeared under my tree. In fact, looking back, there have been far too many gifts -- many more than any one person deserves. There have probably been some duds along the way, but quite honestly, I can't name one.

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Methodist Episcopal Sunday school picnic

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 17, 2009 - 6:41am
Methodist picnic circa 1891

METHODIST EPISCOPAL PICNIC

Although this photo is not clearly identified there are several obvious features that reveal interesting stories. The photo is from the collection of Richard Boehr.

The back side reads "M.E. Sunday School picnic held on College grounds." That translates to (Bluffton) Methodist Episcopal Church (now First United Methodist). The college was established in 1899. One theory is that the photo is actually older than 1899, however. More on that as additional research takes place to prove this theory.

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Historical Bluffton
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