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ODA launches “Ag is cool” creative expressions contest

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on April 16, 2015 - 10:38am

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced it will begin accepting entries for the 2015 “Agriculture is Cool!” Creative Expressions contest. Ohio children enrolled in school or home schooled during the 2014-2015 academic year have until June 5, 2015, to capture their personal interpretation of why Ohio agriculture is cool for their chance to win prizes including tickets to the Ohio State Fair.

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Could be a great-great grandparent in this photo

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2015 - 8:43am

Here's the Bluffton High School class of 1919 as fourth graders during the 1908-09 school year. The class is posed on the front steps of the school buidling that was originally on the site of the present elementary. Elva Moser was the teacher.

Student identifications are listed under the photo. CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN.

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Historical Bluffton
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Mt. Cory student at ONU wins graphic design award

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2015 - 6:47am

Ohio Northern University student Lauren Hector, a senior graphic design major from Mt. Cory, was chosen as one of the winners of the 2015 Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio (AICUO) Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts (EVA).

Hector, who was honored at a banquet April 8, will have her work featured in the Roy G. Biv Gallery as a part of the May Gallery Hop in Columbus’s Short North Arts District. Hector was chosen as one of six winners from among 27 nominated senior artists from independent colleges across Ohio.

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Bluffton second in P-G and McComb track tri-meet

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2015 - 9:24pm

Bluffton High School track teams finished second behind Pandora-Gilboa in a tri-meet on Monday. P-G won both the girls' and boys' meets. Bluffton was second in both. McComb was third.

RESULT FOLLOW

                     Bluffton Tri 4/14 P, M, B - 4/14/2015                    
                  Bluffton University, Dwight Salzman Stadium                 
                                    Results                                   

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Happening in downtown Bluffton on Thursday...and Friday and Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2015 - 4:39pm

Two downtown Bluffton-chamber related events take place on Thursday and are of interest to Icon viewers. Then on Friday and Saturday, the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center offers its spring crafts supply sale.

* Cash mob, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Town and Country Flowers, 121 S. Main St. This event includes 40 percent off all in-store merchandise during cash mob hours and your chance to win a $50 shopping spree at the store.

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Wayne Matter, whose footprint is in countless Bluffton projects, turns 90

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2015 - 4:28pm

Wayne Matter, who spent much of his adult life in the midst of Village of Bluffton activities, celebrates his 90th birthday on April 21.

An open house takes place from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, at The Centre at Bluffton, 601 N. Main St.  The event is open to the public.

His political career includes:
• Bluffton council member, 1960-65
• Bluffton mayor, 1966-75
• Bluffton village treasurer, 1976-80

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