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What's for lunch in December?

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 3, 2020 - 3:54pm

The 2020 school clock is ticking down. Here are the menus for the remainder of December at Bluffton schools.

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Dan Bowden will hit the switch on Saturday

Watch a virtual program with Kevin Gratz, Dan Bowden and the BHS show choir as the Ream lights officially turn on
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 3, 2020 - 3:19pm

Timing for this virtual event is still in the works. Watch the Icon for details as they develop.

Dan Bowden joins a long list of Bluffton switch hitters on Saturday.

In a Saturday, Dec. 5, virtual event, the former fire chief and soon-to-be retiring village employee will turn on the Ream folk art holiday lights.

Bowden has worked for the village of Bluffton for 45 years, where he has served most of those years as Bluffton's water plant operator.

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Join the Saturday Santa caravan

Chamber-sponsored event already had over 50 vehicles in the tour of Bluffton's holiday lights
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 3, 2020 - 3:01pm

Most people think of Santa riding in a sleigh. Not, in Bluffton. Here, he rides in a 1920s-era fire truck.

And, you may join Santa on a Saturday evening cruise around town to see the holiday lights.

It's the longest-ever holiday caravan of vehicles in Bluffton. As of Thursday afternoon 53 vehicles were already signed up to participate.

Santa (and maybe Mrs. Claus) will lead the vehicles while they ride in the fire truck. Jon Kinn will drive the couple and the Bluffton police will lead the caravan.

Here’s how to participate:

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Craft/flower plate open house Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 3, 2020 - 2:34pm

Connie Niese will hold a craft/flower plate open house on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 5450 Hillville Road, Columbus Grove.  

"We are located on Hillville Road between Thayer and Cool Roads," she said.

"If you are looking for an unusual gift for that hard to buy for person, these make wonderful Christmas gifts. The sale will be located in the garage. Please bring your masks."
 

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Lugibuhl and its many Bluffton variations

Our Swiss connection - part 4
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 3, 2020 - 1:46pm

This is the fourth installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.

Note the variation spellings
of “Lugibuhl” in this family.
Two Lugibuhl brothers came to our community from Wayne County, Ohio, after arriving in America in 1825.

Their parents were Christian and Anna (Steiner) Lugibuhl. No record is available to reveal if the parents came over from Switzerland.

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Stop and smell the roses

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 3, 2020 - 1:18pm

How can you pas this window without stopping to look? It's Town and Country Flowers 124 N. Main St. And take a couple steps closer to have a glance inside each of the two windows in the next photos. This is part of the Icon's holiday window shopping series of Bluffton businesses.

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