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99 basketball seasons ago

Can you believe it? Ninty-nine sports seasons ago.

There was no Western Buckeye League and the Northwest Conference was two generations in the distance.

Here's the Bluffton High School boys' basketball team from 1915-1916. We know the uniforms were red and white, but this team was not yet called Pirates. That would happen about 13 season later.

Don Schmidt provided this photo to the Icon.

Open the photo to view the player names and to enlarge the photo.

Very high flying colors

Icon viewers may not be familiar with this American flag. It was a one-day wonder, on display Memorial Day across from Maple Grove Cemetery. For another view of the flag and the story behind it, click here. And if you want to watch the Memorial Day parade, click here.

That's one high flying flag. How did it get there?

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE.

Persons attending Bluffton's Memorial Day service at Maple Grove Cemetery couldn't help but miss Bluffton's tallest-ever flying American flag.

Here's a close-up view. Check the photo below for the long view to better understand the height of this red, white and blue symbol.

How did it get there?

Bluffton resident Navy Reservist Nathan Ulrey of Arbor Elite LCC Trimming Service was the  mastermind behind the flag display.

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Here's what's happening in Bluffton in June

Lots of events take place in Bluffton during June. Here's the Icon's list of events of interest, open to the public.

• Farmers’ Market, Citizens National Bank parking lot - Saturdays, 8:30 - noon
• BFR adventure camps – June 2, 4, 9, 11, 18, 23, 25, 30

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Vera Brien was retired from Lugibihl Auto and Truck Sales,

Vera L. Brien, 89 of Bluffton died at 4:25 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at the Bluffton Mennonite Memorial Home. 

She was born in Columbus, Feb. 25, 1926, to the late James H. and Cleo (Graves) Dyer.  On July 18, 1945, she married Lester Brien and he survives.

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Pomp and Circumstance for the 134th annual time: meet the BHS class of 2015

This community's oldest annual tradition, Bluffton High School Commencement, continued on May 23 for the 134th time.

The Bluffton High School class of 2015 received diplomas as did 133 classes before it.

The familiar names of Basinger, Burkholder, Garmatter, Geiger, Huber, Luginbuhl, Neuenschwander, Parkins, Schmutz, Schumacher, Spallinger, Stratton and Zimmerman were joined by Markowski, Thierjung and Zarazua as the 2015 ceremony is now history.

Attached is a list of members of the 2015 graduates plus the future plans of those graduates.

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