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Golf third in 11-team Invitational

(Kenny Lovett 82, Micah Minnig 88, Wes Brauen 88, Jaden Coonfare 90
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 17, 2020 - 11:16am

By Cort Reynolds
ARLINGTON - The Bluffton golf team finished third out of 11 teams in the stacked Liberty-Benton Invitational at Sycamore Springs Golf Course Friday in Arlington.

Lima Central Catholic won the tournament with 321 strokes to beat second-place host L-B by 13 shots.

The Pirates totaled 348 strokes to finish one shot ahead of local league rival Allen East, which came in a close fourth (349) just in front of Van Buren (353).

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16 Vacation Bible Schools ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 17, 2020 - 10:41am

You might recognize yourself in this photo from Bluffton Community Vacation Bible School 16 years ago. 

The year is 2004 and if we are correct, this is a song-fest during the final evening of that year's VBS held at Emmanuel United Church of Christ.

 

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Historical Bluffton
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The winner: "For the tenth time....point your horns down when cleaning your spit valve!"

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 17, 2020 - 9:58am

We invited viewers to write a caption for this photo of BHS band director Dave Sycks directing summer band camp. You can predict what happened next. Here's our top three captions. Greg Ring is the winner, receiving four Shannon Theatre passes.

The winner

"For the tenth time....point your horns down when cleaning your spit valve!"
– Greg Ring

Honorable mention

"Always wear a face shield when emptying the instrument's spit valve."
– Megan Morris

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Your respiratory health during COVID-19 and beyond

BVHS virtual presentation Aug. 18
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on August 17, 2020 - 6:00am

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) will host “Your Respiratory Health During COVID-19 & Beyond,” a part of the 2020 virtual “Live and Learn” Facebook Live series. 

Dr. Rafid Fadul, a physician with Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Dr. Bill Kose, vice president of special projects, will co-host a livestream discussion regarding the effects and treatment options for COVID-19 and other serious respiratory conditions. 

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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Take a Bluffton art walk

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2020 - 3:55pm

In the Icon's continuing summer series of Bluffton art, here is a bronze plaque featuring C.H. and Emma G. Musselman, to whom the Bluffton University library is named. This plaque is in the lobby stairway leading to the main floor. John Peter Klassen created the plaque. Click here for previous stories in this series.

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Forgotten Bluffton: the town jail

You've walked past this door and probably never gave it much thought
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2020 - 3:06pm

You’ve walked past this door and never gave it much thought.  It’s one of the oldest pieces remaining from the original 1887 town hall construction. What do you suppose is behind the door?

The answer today is a brick wall. The original answer was the town jail.

As you can see, there’s plenty you don’t know about the Bluffton town hall. And, we’ll get to much of that in future columns.

This week, let’s talk about the jail, which until now, you may have never known existed in the first place. 

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