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Iconic Bakery: You can't have a Christmas cookie plate without these

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2015 - 5:29pm

For Icon viewers getting ready to bake for the holidays, you can't have a cookie plate without meringue kisses.

There's probably more recipes for this cookie than any other in Ohio. Here's one we picked from the Ada Sesquicentennial Cookbook, from 2002. This recipe is provided by Ruth Brown.

Ruth Brown's Meringue Kisses
4 egg whites
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Vanilla
Nuts

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Triplett sales meeting June 1936

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2015 - 5:09pm

Here's a photo from the Bluffton Public Library archives. Taken in June 1936, it is a group of persons who attended a Triplett Corp. sales meeting.

Sorry to say, we can only identify the follow:

• R.L. Triplett - front row, white shoes.
• Arden Baker - second row, light suit, dark tie and vest, to the right of R.L. Triplett.
• Norm Triplett - back row, light suit, dark shirt, to the left of Arden Baker.

We welcome other idenfications. Send them to: [email protected].

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Historical Bluffton

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Janette Reineke's book proves you shouldn't be afraid of art

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2015 - 4:50pm

Here’s good news for people afraid of art.

Janette Benroth Reineke, Bluffton artist, wrote a book about it.

Titled, “Fear No Art,” with a subtitle, “You can do it!” the book is a manual of ideas, lesson plans and creative skills for teaching art.

Reineke should know. After a career teaching pre-school, kindergarten, first grade, elementary and junior high art in public schools she spent the most recent 14 years providing art classes in area retirement communities including Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio.

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Christmas Eve service at St. John's United Church of Christ

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2015 - 3:00pm

A candlelight Christmas Eve service at St. John's United Church of Christ will focus on the birth of Christ through scripture readings and carol singing. Holy Communion will be observed, and everyone is welcome to attend.

The service begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24, and opens with a prelude of Christmas piano and organ duets beginning at 3:45 p.m. St. John's United Church of Christ is located at the corner of Jackson Street and College Avenue in Bluffton.

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Worship