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What do the years 1956, 1966, 1976 and 1996 mean to BHS football fans?

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 6, 2016 - 4:11pm

Where have the football seasons gone?

There's something very special about Bluffton High School football seasons that end with a "6."

Take the teams of: 1996, 1976, 1966 and 1956, as examples. Each of these teams won a Northwest Conference football title.

THE 1996 TEAM PHOTOS IS BELOW - The team will be recognized Friday night at Harmon Field.

Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director, told The Icon that each of those teams will be recognized during home games this season.

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Get ready for the best small-town homecoming parade in NW Ohio - here's the info

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 6, 2016 - 3:43pm

Get ready for the Bluffton High School homecoming parade. It's the best small-town homecoming parade in northwestern Ohio.

It's Friday, Sept. 23. Line up is at the Centre at 5 p.m. The parade starts at 5:30 p.m.

According to Tracie Bricker of the BHS Football Moms: Please come join in the fun and be in the parade.

All organizations, business and family participants are welcome. Line up will begin at the Candy can be handed out from those walking. No candy can be thrown from the floats.

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Regional news
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Girls' soccer: Riverdale sneaks past BHS 2-0

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 6, 2016 - 3:25pm

The Bluffton junior varsity girls' soccer game kicked off at 10 a.m. on Saturday against Riverdale.  Sophomore Hannah Yost in the goal blocked multiple shots to hold the Falcons to 1 goal at half time. 

In the second half, freshman goalkeeper, Lilly Campbell, also blocked several shots by Riverdale, but the Falcon offense was strong, the final score was 0-5 Riverdale.

The varsity game started at noon in Bluffton, with Senior Captain Jadyn Barhorst in the goal.  WIth 14 minutes left in the first half, Riverdale landed the first goal. 

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Marilyn Porzelius 1933 - 2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 6, 2016 - 1:22pm

Marilyn E. Porzelius, 83, of Chenoa, Ill., formerly of Gridley, died at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Center, rural Chenoa.

She was born March 10, 1933, in Amity Township, Livingston County. She married Fredrick J. Porzelius on July 24, 1954, at Salem Church, rural Gridley. He died on Dec. 9, 2014.

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Obituaries
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Early 1960s First Mennonite junior choir

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 6, 2016 - 9:22am

The Icon seeks some help from viewers to fill in the blanks of this First Mennonite Church junior choir photo. Our best guess for the year is 1961-62, figuring that the most of the members in the back row were in the sixth grade - making them high school seniors in 1967-68.

Wanda Pannabecker is the director standing in front of the choir.

Front row from left, Bev Balmer, Merri Brauen, David Reichenbach, Ken Cookson, Mary Purves, Sally Weaver, Mary Lehman, Becky Lehman, Roger Luginbuhl, Bill Amstutz, _____.

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Historical Bluffton
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Watching the clouds roll by

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 5, 2016 - 10:07pm

Ken Collins, Ada Icon photographer, wen cloud watching over the weekend. Here are two of his photographs of clouds as seen between Ada and Bluffton on an early September afternoon.

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