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Darrell and Kay Huber celebrate 50th wedding anniversary

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2016 - 12:36pm

Darrell and Kay Huber celebrated 50 years of marriage eariler this month with a pool party hosted by their daughter and family.

Darrell and the former Kay Richard were married Aug. 13, 1966, at Pleasant View Church of the Brethren by Rev. Rommie Moore.

They are parents of a daughter Megan (Michael) Coffman of Bluffton. They have two grandchildren, Kaleigh and Ezekiel.

Darrell is retired from Bluffton University and Kay from Wapakoneta City Schools.

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Billy Rowe was retired from DTR Industries

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2016 - 12:32pm

Billy G. Rowe, 72, died on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, at 5:40 a.m. at his residence in Alger.

He was born on July 20, 1944, in Shelby, Ohio, to Estle and Rosie (Lillo) Rowe who preceded him in death. On Jan. 29, 1964, he married Cheryl D. Weller and she survives in Alger.

Billy previously worked at the Ohio Kentucky Manufacturing Co. in Ada. He then worked for 26 years as a carpenter for Teledyne Ohio Steel in Lima. Billy then retired after working for 13 years for DTR Industries in Bluffton. He was a graduate of Alger High School.

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Obituaries
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A rain out

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 9:19pm

Morris Groman took a couple practice shuffleboard shots on Monday morning and then the rain came. The Bluffton Shuffleboard Club was hosting a tournament that was rained out.

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Bethel Church of Christ has back-to-school "Urge" event Aug. 21

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 5:03pm

A free event, titled Urge 2016, open to youth from junior high through college age takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 21 at Bethel Church of Christ just north of Ada.

The focus  is to encourage students ( to do well in the upcoming school year and to urge them to be who God wants them to be in their schools. 

URGE features Courtnee Morris as the guest speaker along with the Mike Lee Band (Worship) from Fort Wayne, SafeKept (Christian Rock) from Columbus and B List Boys (Christian Hip Hop) from Bluffton.

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Worship
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Emmanuel UCC invites community to worship in the park Aug. 21

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 4:57pm

Friends and neighbors are invited to Worship in the Park at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, with Emmanuel United Church of Christ. The service and family activities will be held in the Bluffton village park under the pavilion by the baseball field.

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Worship
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63 years later - here's a bird's-eye view of neighboring Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 3:56pm

We asked the Icon photographer for a bird's-eye view of Bluffton and he apparently flew over the wrong community.

Here's how neighboring Ada appeared from a bird's-eye view 63 years ago. The photo was published in Ada's 1953 centennial booklet.

There are 15 buildings identified in the legend at the bottom of the photo.

 

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Historical Bluffton
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