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Bluffton community worship service Aug. 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2010 - 1:20pm

The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association (BAMA) is planning a community worship service at 9 a.m., on Sunday Aug. 1.

This worship service comes at the end of a week of Vacation Bible School hosted this year at the First United Methodist Church. Children who attended Bible School will sing a few of the songs they learned during worship.

The community worship service will take place on the Presbyterian Church lawn. (In case of rain, the service will be held in the middle school cafetorium.)

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Worship
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Bluffton 3rd grade in 1911

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2010 - 6:08am

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It was 100 years ago when this photo was taken. It shows the Bluffton third grade during the 1910-11 school year. Perhaps you have a relative in this photo.

Front row from left, Fairy (Berry) Musselman, Edmond Althaus, Howard Augsburger, Florence Johns, Beatrice (Steth) Conaway.

Second row from left, Helen Basinger, Geraldine Bigler, Harold Kemp, Mae McGeorge, Ruth Murray, Lester Hahn, Robert Swick, Bernice (Althaus) Carder, Frances Geiger, Opal Betzner, Carl Lewis.

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Historical Bluffton
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Some thoughts on Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio gaining senior citizen status

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2010 - 5:16am

By Fred Steiner

In a manner of speaking, the Mennonite Home officially gained senior citizen status this summer. It's 55 years old. It may now join AARP.

My connection to 410 W. Elm St. is unusual: I've never lived there, but know it pretty well. My mother worked there for over a quarter of a century, first in the laundry, next as a nurse's aide, then as an LPN and finally as a resident herself.

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People
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55th anniversary on Sunday

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 17, 2010 - 9:13pm

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio celebrates its 55th anniversary from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For complete details click here.

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The constitution state

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 17, 2010 - 5:01pm

Here's a plate you don't see every day, week or month in Bluffton. It's a Connecticut plate. The Icon spotted it on Main Street.

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Regional news
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Pandora's Riley Creek Festival Aug. 13-14

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 17, 2010 - 4:49pm

Pandora's Riley Creek Festival is Friday and Saturday, Aug. 13-14. For a complete schedule of events click here. Watch The Icon for more details in coming weeks.

Highlights of the Fest' include:

Friday

Car and antique tractor show

Carnival games for kids

Homemade ice cream

Musical "Wizard of Oz"

Saturday

5 K Run

Pancake breakfast

Bridenbaugh schoolhouse tour

Health fair

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Regional news
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