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Abraham and Anna Locher Lugibihl

Our Swiss connection - part 9

This is the ninth installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.
Note the various spellings of Lugibihl in this story.

Abraham Lugibihl was born Nov. 11, 1838, in Riley Township. He was the sixth of 10 children born to John C. and Anna Marie “Thüler”  (Americanized to Diller) Luginbuhl. The family came from France in 1824 to Holmes County, Ohio, and then to Riley Township in 1837.

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Icon invites updates to Civic Organizations listing

With a new year the Icon asks persons connected with local organizations to provide updates to their free Civic Organization listing.

Send updates to: [email protected]

We also invite organizations not listed to provide the following:
• Name of organization
• Contact person
• Phone number
• Facebook and or website link

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The late Robert Kreider provides 15 images of Riley Creek from the 1930s

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The late Robert Kreider provided 15 images of Riley Creek that he remembered while growing up in Bluffton in the 1930s. Here are five of those images:

• Told of a tribe of gypsies camping along the creek for a day under a weeping willow tree, fashioning chairs and baskets from the willowy branches.

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2021 is a major local election year in Bluffton

4 council seats, 3 school board seats, 2 township trustee seat on the ballot

This is a major election year in Bluffton.

Four council seats, three school board seats and two township trustee seats will be on the Nov. 2 general election ballot. Winners of those races will have 4-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2022.

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Wes Klinger will lead Bluffton school board in 2021

Larry Hoffman named vice-president

Bluffton school board selected Wes Klinger as its president for 2021 during its Jan. 11 reorganization meeting.

Several additional board appointments were made. Those follow:
• Larry Hoffman, vice-president
• Brad Dailey, official delegate to the 2021 Ohio School Board Conference
• Larry Hoffman, alternate delegate
• Brad Dailey, legislative liaison to the Ohio School Board Association
• Wes Klinger, student achievement liaison

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Take a hike

With afternoon temperatures in the 40s, this so-far-mid-January offers opportunties for a walk in the park. The icon photographed this family on the dyke between the Buckeye and Riley Creek.

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