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December 9, 2013

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• Elementary Christmas concert postponed to Dec. 16
• Market Day pickup 5-6p.m.in Elementary gym
• MS and HS choir concert is still on - 6 p.m. MS and 7 p.m. HS

Ellie Hicks of Bluffton reads a book to Tango, a golden retriever therapy dog on Saturday in the Bluffton Public Library. With the two are Angie Schimmel of Findlay, Tango's owner. The therapy dog "brings people out of their shells," said Schimmel. Tango also encourages youth to read, by patiently sitting and listening.

Evelyn Steiner was retired after teaching 29 years in Bluffton school system

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2013 - 9:34pm

Evelyn M. Steiner, 93, died Dec. 7, 2013, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born Oct. 13, 1920 in Kingsport, Tenn., to the late Kinder and Elsie (Johnson) Mitchell. On Nov. 1, 1941, she married Charles H. Steiner and he died July 2, 1994.

She retired from teaching after 29 years in the Bluffton and Beaverdam School systems. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, where she was very active in the United Methodist Women, a lay leader, choir member, Methodist Conference. She was also a member of Alpha Gamma and Bluffton College Phi Beta Kappa.

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Richland Manor Hope for Holidays Christmas raffle offers $650 in prizes

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2013 - 2:18pm

Richland Manor invites Icon viewers to participate in its Hope for the Holidays Christmas raffle. The raffle benefits the Ada ReStore Community Center.

The raffle is already underway and viewers have until 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 20, to participate.

Here how the raffle works:

Tickets are available from any Richland Manor employee or at Richland Manor, 7400 Swaney Road, Bluffton.

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