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Here's what's happening in this Icon "Weekend" edition

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2016 - 7:54pm

It’s an Icon Weekend. And, there’s lots going on.

The Icon’s 11-page weekend feature - CLICK HERE TO OPEN – offers a window to the events and activities in the Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon viewership areas from Saturday, June 18, through Friday, June 24.

"Weekend" is also accessible as an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Events
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Bluffton's Riley Creek Arbor service club receives charter

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2016 - 4:08pm

Bluffton has a new service club.

It’s Riley Creek Arbor, formed this spring by Gary Reese of Faith Investment Services of Bluffton.

“This arbor is associated with Gleaner Life Insurance Society based in Adrian, Michigan,” said Reese. “An arbor is a local service club, organized and operated by Gleaner members. Gleaner supports the arbors with matching funds and donations to charities of their choice."

Riley Creek Arbor held a start-up dinner on June 2 at Jeanne’s Kitchen.

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People
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High school cross country tournament structure will change

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2016 - 2:18pm

Several changes to the high school cross country postseason will take effect this fall after the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s Board of Directors approved a list of proposals from the OHSAA Cross Country Subcommittee earlier this week. The changes alter how schools are placed into divisions and how qualifying teams and individuals advance to the regional and state tournaments.
 

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Sports
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Bill Gordon was GOBA director - funeral on Friday

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2016 - 10:54am

William J. Gordon
The cycling community lost a leader and friend Saturday morning when William J. Gordon passed away suddenly while biking with friends.

A Dublin resident, Bill was born Feb. 22, 1959 in Elyria, Ohio. He graduated from Huron High School in 1977, and from Ohio Northern University in 1981 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

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Obituaries
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Could be BHS class of 1919 as second graders

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2016 - 6:49am

This class photo has volumes and volumes of stories.

The Icon believes that it is the Bluffton High School of 1919 as second graders. We state this because that young man on the far right of the second row resembles William Hahn, uncle of the Icon owner. Add to that, the photo was in a chest of Hahn family photos.

That places this photo in the 1908-09 school year. Depending upon when the photo was taken, either Theodore Roosevelt or William Howard Taft was president.

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Historical Bluffton
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Angle parking only

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 16, 2016 - 3:45pm

Don't figure on finding a parking spot on Main Street on Friday. The 49th annual Festival of Wheels is like a magnet to vehicles with chrome, wide whitewalls, V-8s and fins. This is a view from last year's show. Detail about this year are in the story below.

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