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If you've not been to Columbus Grove lately, you might not realize that the building housing Christie's on Main has been removed. Here's a view of the major downtown intersection showing where the building once stood. Click here for a photo prior to demolition.

Peter Suter of Shannon Theatre announced that "Here Comes the Boom" (PG) and will be shown at the theatre from October 26 - November 1.

Show times are every evening at 7:00 and 9:30 PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 and 4:00 PM. 

Premiering November 2nd will be Wreck-It-Ralph. Shannon Theatre will be celebrating Customer Appreciation Weekend November 2-4.

How could anyone forget the severe windstorm that hit Ohio in late June. It's a storm residents of Columbus Grove may never forget. Here is a photo of the downtown building, which housed Christie's on Main following the wind storm. Below is a photo of the same corner today. The Icon understands that Christie's will rebuild on the site.

Theatre was not the career path Jared Hudson expected to follow when he arrived at Bluffton University as a biology major.

But as Cincinnati’s Anderson High School had nurtured his interest in science, it had also provided ample opportunities for him in theatre. And now, with three years of stage experience at Bluffton added, the bachelor’s degree in biology he plans to receive next May will be more of a “fallback,” he says, as he pursues a career in performance, possibly as a voice actor.

Town and Country Flowers, 121 S. Main St., Bluffton, announces a store-wide Christmas open house, according to Connie Kruse, of the store.

The open house is the weekend of Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9-10.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HOSTS COFFEE HOUSE-STYLE PERFORMANCE
FEATURING CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ARTIST, NIC STEVENS

Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter, Nic Stevens, will present a Coffee House-style performance at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, located at 2330 S. Main St. in Findlay. 

The concert, part of the 33rd Season of the First Presbyterian Church Artist Series, is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be received.

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