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Senior Center board game night on Aug. 12

It’s game night at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center on Monday, Aug 12.

The senior citizens association’s August dinner meeting program, at 6 p.m., on  game night and several familiar board games will be on the tables.

The dinner meeting is catered by The Dough Hook and the menu is sandwiches, salads and cookies. Tickets are $6.50 and reservations are needed by Wednesday, Aug. 7.

Barb Nusbaum is the dinner host and Bev. Armstrong is the master of ceremonies.

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Power wash

The front side of Bluffton High School is getting a well-deserved scrubbing this week. Here's two views of the project currently underway.

Next week's BFR summer camp theme: Holidays

Bluffton Family Recreation’s kid’s summer camp registration deadline for next week's Holiday camp is this Friday. 

Icon gathering information on state fair winners

The Bluffton Icon invites viewers who participated in the Ohio State to provide the Icon with awards received.

Send a photo and details of your award to: [email protected]

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Down by the old mill stream...it's close to Bluffton

Popular music history was made in nearby Findlay a little over 100 years ago when hometown boy Tell Taylor found inspiration in the Blanchard River and wrote the song, "Down By the Old Mill Stream."  Taylor, who wrote more than 200 songs and a number of Broadway musical comedies, is remembered and honored in Findlay's Riverside Park. His story is etched in numerous rocks at the north end of the park and tell a fascinating story about the man and his rise to international musical success. Taylor died while on the way to Hollywood where a film was being made about his most popular song.

Jed Marquart's witness to history

As an 11-year-old he visited Cape Kennedy and saw Apollo 11 before it flew to the moon

On July 20, 1969, Wapakoneta native Neil Armstrong walked on the moon after riding Apollo 11 all the way into history. So when a young Bluffton resident named Jed Marquart toured NASA’s Cape Kennedy mere days before the most famous space launch of all time, it’s easy to see why it made a lasting impact.

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