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Barbara Shinabery was a Bluffton University alumnae

She volunteered at Bluffton Senior Citizens Center and Bluffton Hospital
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2020 - 1:07pm

Barbara A. Shinabery, 90, died at 9:04 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio.

Barbara was born on July 20, 1930, in Allen Co, Ohio, to the late Clinton G. Wright  and Florence Ruth (Leasure) Wright. On August 9, 1953, she married Elmer Ray Shinabery, Jr., he preceded her in death on August 11, 2017.

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Denver Zimmerly was a Bluffton HS graduate

Retired from Ohio Power (AEP)
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2020 - 11:48am

Denver Junior Zimmerly, 83, of Findlay died on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, at Blanchard Valley Hospital of complications from COVID 19. 

He was born April 28, 1937, to Denver and Olive (Schumacher) Zimmerly in Toledo, Ohio. He grew up in Bluffton, Ohio and graduated from Bluffton High School. He began working with Ohio Power (AEP) and continued working there until his retirement.

He married Barbara Katterheinrich on April 2, 1960, and she survives. They celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2020.

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Are you in the snow plow business?

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2020 - 11:02am

The Icon invites anyone who plows driveways, lanes, sidewalks and parking lots this winter to promote their business on the Icon.

The Icon will post a continually-running classified ad under "Services Offered" all winter for anyone in the snow plow business. The ad will include your name, contact information and any additional information you wish to provide. 

Your ad will appear on both Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon for one price of $49 for the entire winter season. 

Contact [email protected] to get your ad started today.

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Here's last week's Icon poll results

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2020 - 10:14am

Here's last week's Icon poll results. Take this week's poll: Will Donald Trump attempt to self-pardon himself?  CLICK HERE TO THE THIS WEEK'S POLL.

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Bluffton Anthology - here's what

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 29, 2020 - 9:56pm

CLICK HERE FOR AN ORDER FORM

"Bluffton Anthology - a creek runs through it" will be available next week in selected downtown stores.

Copies may also be ordered from the author, Fred Steiner. A prority mail order blank for persons out of town, and a pick-up order blank for people in Blulffton are attached.

The book sells for $24.95 plus tax. 

MORE ABOUT THE BOOK

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Icon book review: "Magic Lessons"

Alice Hoffman does indeed spin a charming spell, one that sparkles with literary magic
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 29, 2020 - 8:45pm

Review by Robert McCool
Alice Hoffman's latest chronicle of the remarkable Owens women s “Magic Lessons” (ISBN9781982108847). It completes the enchanting trilogy “Practical Magic (1995) and “The Rules of Magic” (2017) began.

Ms. Hoffman explains the reason she writes most succinctly with a quote from her Aunt Jet, a character in  “”The Rules of Magic” - “she opened a book and therefore was saved, discovering that a novel was as great as any spell.”

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