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Letter: Writer disagrees with village sidewalk policy

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 28, 2016 - 1:06pm

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Introducing Ada HS's homecoming senior court members

Ada celebrates its homecoming this weekend
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 28, 2016 - 12:18pm

Last week the Bluffton Icon shared the BHS senior homecoming court members with Ada Icon viewers.

This week is Ada's turn to share its homecoming senior members with Bluffton Icon viewers. One senior member has a Bluffton connection, as Eli Garmon is son of BHS art teacher Vickie Garmon.

Here goes:

FROM ADA ICON - It’s homecoming week at Ada High School. This year’s homecoming court was announced on Friday. The king and queen will be announced in a pre-game ceremony on the football field on Friday.

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Football: Allen East dominates Pirates 40-7

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 27, 2016 - 9:55pm

By Sam Brauen
In their heyday, Allen East football was known as a physical, fundamental squad that pounded the ball.

While elements of a power rushing game were still evident in the most recent meeting Friday night at Harmon Field, overall team speed and a dangerous passing attack led the Mustangs to a lopsided 40-7 win over the Pirates. 

The dominant performance put a damper on Bluffton’s homecoming festivities which crowned senior Abbie Parkins queen and classmate Gabe Denecker king after a terrific, spirited parade through downtown Bluffton.

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Sports
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What was your first tractor?

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 27, 2016 - 3:56pm

It looked like a farm tractor convention on Saturday at Maple Crest. Dozens and dozens of antique tractors were on display during the Fall Festival.

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You can go home again

Descendants and many other visitors spent Saturday at the Swiss homestead
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 27, 2016 - 3:25pm

You can go home again. Many did on Saturday.

If you are - or are related to - a Schumacher, Diller, Suter, Basinger, Zimmerly, Amstutz, Neuenschwander (and its spelling variations), Hilty, Bixel, Suter, Moser, Luginbuhl (and its spelling variations), Burkholder, Steiner, Badertscher, Gratz, Bucher, Augsburger, Geiger, Althaus, Gerber… you get the idea.

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY -

Descendants of Swiss immigrants to Bluffton-Pandora have a homestead where they and all their friends can view rural life in the 1840s.

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Regional news
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Gregg Luginbuhl was professor of art for 30 years at Bluffton University

Memorial service Saturday at First Mennonite Church
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 27, 2016 - 3:01pm

Gregg J. Luginbuhl, 67, of Bluffton died the morning of Sept. 26, 2016, at St. Rita’s Inpatient Hospice in Lima, Ohio. He was born Jan. 20, 1949, in Bluffton to Darvin and Evelyn (Johnson) Luginbuhl. On Nov. 3, 1977, he married Karen Nelson and she survives. 

Gregg was professor of art and chair of the art department at Bluffton University for 30 years before his retirement in 2014 when he was named professor emeritus. Prior to coming to Bluffton, Gregg taught at the University of Findlay for eight years.  

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