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Elizabeth Cogley teaching resignation on Monday's school board agenda

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 17, 2016 - 8:34pm

Bluffton school board will act on a host of contracts at its July meeting on Monday.

In addition one teacher resignation will be acted up on.

Elizabeth Cogley, high school teacher and senior class advisor, has announced her resignation.

One certified employee contract will be acted upon for Emily Kriegel. Her’s will be a one-year contract and if hired she will enter the system as a master’s step 2 and will be offered a salary of $39,966.

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Bluffton's north water tower renovation project starts soon

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 17, 2016 - 8:19pm

Interior paint renovation on the north Bluffton water tower (Snider Road) will begin next week.

According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, the tower whille be out of service for four to five weeks to allow for adequate coating curing time.

The water tower project is one item in the administrator's report to Bluffton council on Monday evening.

During the meeting council will receive an update on a drainage project.

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Public Meetings
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Weldon Geiger was a lifelong farmer

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 17, 2016 - 8:10pm

Weldon C. Geiger, 85, died July 16, 2016, at 11:40 a.m. at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Weldon was born March 6, 1931, in Bluffton to the late Pearl and Burdella (Amstutz) Geiger.  On Feb. 24, 1953 he married Marcine Welty Geiger who preceded him in death on Dec. 21, 2015.

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Obituaries
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Here they come

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 17, 2016 - 4:36pm

Over 150 bicycle riders registered for Saturday' second-ever Ride to Remember bike ride. Here's a glimpse of the mass start at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning on Snider Road at Bluffton Family Recreation. To watch a video of the start click here.

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Bluffton stories from an eariler era: How the Bluffton slaw cutter came into existence

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 15, 2016 - 4:14pm

Note: The Icon acquired a manuscript titled “A Brief History of Bluffton’s Industrial Developments.” This publication was prepared by the classes in Marketing and Small Business Administration from Bluffton College, under the director of Dr. Howard Raid. Publication date is May 1959. We’ve updated some current addresses so viewers may identify location.

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Business
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Jonah Agner interview - 13,389 Facebook reaches...and counting

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 15, 2016 - 3:19pm

The next time you stop in The Cask Room, Main Street, Ada, tell Jonah Agner that the Icon sent you.

The Icon knew that our story on Jonah Agner's vegetarian menu at The Cask Room, Ada, would be a big hit.

We underestimated how big.

Below is a screen shot of the Icon's Facebook announcement of the story. Check the number of people it reached: 18,398. In addition, the story had 72 shares and 31 comments.

And those numbers continues to grow.

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