Icon reader Kathleen Mikkelsen of the Mennonite Memorial Home poses an interesting question. Here it is:

"Thanks for this web site! Is this the place for questions? What is the original reason for this change in our time, spring and fall? In asking around, some say, 'golfers' - school children- farmers. Could you print the real reason. thanks!

Readers are welcome to respond.

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By Tanya Pike

I have a crush on old, run-down pick-up trucks. Not that I especially want one. But, they are useful in their own ugly way.

A service of Celebration of the Life of Laura Jane Diller Handford will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, Ohio.

Mrs. Handford, 68, a resident of Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died Sept. 22, 2009 at her residence.

Mrs. Handford was born Feb. 2, 1941 in Bluffton, Ohio to Leland and Helen Iutzi Diller, who preceded her in death. She married Dr. H. Allen Handford, who survives.

This vanity plate is so old that it really isn't a vanity plate. Under a previous Ohio license plate system, ZB was one of the designations for Bluffton drivers. During the days when a license bureau was actually in Bluffton, the agent would hold back plates for persons who requested the same one year after year. Often the number on the plate represented the driver's street address. In this case, Don and Joanne Overmyer of 325 W. Elm St. kept their plate and made a vanity plate from it when the license system dropped local bureaus.

Unofficial Nov. 3 Bluffton election results for the Bluffton council and the Richland Township trustee races:

BLUFFTON COUNCIL

David Steiner 771*

Eric Fulcomer 730*

Mitch Kingsley 692*

Richard McGarrity 686*

Dean French 536

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE

Rod Goldsberry 1,366*

Gary Lugibihl 1,296*

Tony Carmack 761

*Winners

Mennonite Home Health in partnership with Northwest Physical Therapy will offer a balance screening on from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11 from in the Patio room at Maple Crest Senior Living Village.

The screening is for persons who feel unsteady, dizzy and having frequent falls. Educational materials will be available along with mobility and home safety information

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