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Bluffton 53 points off first place in WOAL championships

Finals on Saturday at Bluffton pool
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 12, 2019 - 9:29pm

After the first day of competition Bluffton Sardines swim team is vying for the lead in the Western Ohio Aquatics League championships

Westwood Swim and Racket Club is the overall leader with 1,445 points. Bluffton follows within striking distance at 1,391.5 points – 53.5 points behind the leader.

Team scores after day 1:
Westside 1,445
BLUFFTON 1,391.5
Wapakoneta 1,144.5
Ada 835
Shawnee 559
Kenton 455.5
Sherwood 295
Van Wert 190.5

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Sports
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SugarCreek Baked Goods offers gluten-free goodies

Meet Bluffton Farmers Market vendors
Posted by LizGH on July 12, 2019 - 3:00pm

By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Bluffton Farmers Market is the place to be on Saturday mornings in town. According to the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, our town "boasts the best farmers market in northwest Ohio." 

In celebration of our small but mighty farmers market, the Icon will be featuring a market vendor each week over the course of the summer.

This week's feature vendor is SugarCreek Baked Goods.

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Business
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Village reviewing all parking restrictions in Bluffton

Ordered four radar speed identification signs
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 12, 2019 - 2:54pm

Permit parking and permissive license plate tax are two subjects addressed this month by the Bluffton council’s street, light, alley and sidewalk committee.

Meeting on June 27, Joe Sehlhorst and Jerry Cupples, committee members, with Jesse Blackburn and Bryan Lloyd of the village, discussed those subjects and others:
• Permit parking
• Combined sidewalk and curbs
• 2019 capital improvement budget
• Permissive license plate
• Radar speed identification signs

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Regional news
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With her pet rooster

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 12, 2019 - 12:53pm

Corrinne Boehr holds one of her pet roosters. She was among several Maple Crest elders who displays hobbies and collections on July 11 in the Maple Crest Patio Room. Actually, she collects roosters (not the pet kind). You'll see three more in the next photo. Watch the Icon next week for additional photos from the show.

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State Road over I-75 near Beaverdam closed July 15

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 12, 2019 - 8:37am

State Road over Interstate 75, south of Beaverdam, will be closed Monday, July 15, during daytime hours for bridge deck sealing, according to th Ohio Department of Transportation.

This project will not affect Interstate 75, but the interstate will be restricted to one lane in the area due to a larger resurfacing project.

The bridge work is being performed by the ODOT District 1 roadway services department.

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This year's Bluffton Cattle Club

Posted by LizGH on July 12, 2019 - 6:00am

This year's members of the Bluffton Cattle Club include Grace Meyers, Claire Armentrout, Brittany Goodman, Sophie Zeller,  Landon Sehlhorst, Hudson Phillips, Greta Meyers, KJ Hohenbrink, Branson Hilty, Seth Gladwell, Zoe Zeller, Klaria Hohenbrink, Elizabeth Phillips, Courtney Goodman, Nathan Speicher, Evan Speicher, Riley Herrimann, and Xavier Narrarro. 

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People
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