Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, announces the 50th anniversary of teaching by Julaine Boehm. On Sunday, July 18, is a celebration of this anniversary. Special services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with a meal at 12:30 p.m. and program to follow at 1:30 p.m. in the school gym.

Persons interested in sending a card or have special memories or pictures to share, please contact Linda Rausch at [email protected], or mail to Jill Woodward c/o Trinity Lutheran School 105 Allen St., Jenera, OH 45841.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, announces the 50th anniversary of teaching by Julaine Boehm. On Sunday, July 18, is a celebration of this anniversary. Special services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with a meal at 12:30 p.m. and program to follow at 1:30 p.m. in the school gym.

Persons interested in sending a card or have special memories or pictures to share, please contact Linda Rausch at [email protected], or mail to Jill Woodward c/o Trinity Lutheran School 105 Allen St., Jenera, OH 45841.

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DONATES PERCENTAGE

OF SALES TO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Shirley's Popcorn, Bluffton, is donating a percentage of its July, August and September sales to the Bluffton Public Library's "Buck$ for Book$" campaign.

Adam Wireman (left) and David Glick (right) display one of hundreds of movie posters on sale this weekend at the Shannon Theatre. Does David Glick believe he is Kevin James in "Mall Cop." We can't say for certain, but should you see Mr. G, go ahead and ask.

Ah, this Dixie Chicks fan obtained this plate before you were able to do so. Or, maybe the Dixie Chicks bus drove through town and the real performers were shopping in Bluffton. Take your pick.

Phil Zimmerly at Common Grounds

Your hometown on Facebook says Lima. Where did you actually grow up? School?

I grew up just outside of Bluffton, just across the county line and in Cory Rawson School district.

I seem to remember you telling some stories about yourself as a kid that suggest you might have been ornery. Elaborate, please?

Bluffton's most entertaining weekend of the summer is hours away. Three groups have merged their annual summer events into one big weekend to form the first-ever Bluffton Hometown Amerifest. The schedule for the weekend is on the Icon home page. This scene from a previous Relay for Life weekend, reveals just one of the many weekend events.

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The Bluffton High School class of 1948 held a reunion in Bluffton on June 18.

Members attending, seated left to right: Ceacle Potee Shields, Peggy Eckenwiler Augsburger, Esther Lugibihl Brauen, Marilyn Fett Bullock.

Standing left to right: Roger Bell, Mary Schmidt Amstutz, Maurice Garmatter, Wade Oberly, James Ewing, Mary Jane Burkholder Gilliom, Jean Burkholder Reichenbach.

High temperatures continue in the 80s this past week, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. Here's the seven-day report.

Date High Temp. Low Temp. Prec.

June 15 82 66 0.23

June 16 81 65

June 17 79 60

June 18 87 62 0.08

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