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Middle school registration pick up dates; school photo dates set

Activities are picking up for Bluffton Middle School students this month. Here's some important back-to-school information from the school website pertaining to students in middle school students.

2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR REGISTRATION
MIddle School registration for students entering the 6th, 7th and 8th grades will be Wednesday, Aug. 14 and Thursday, Aug. 15, from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m.

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Iconic Bakery: A different variation of chicken wild rice salad

Chicken Wild Rice Salad
Karen Tressel, Ada, from the Liberty National Bank Cookbook

Ingredients:
1 cup wild rice, cooked
2 cups grapes
Chopped celery
1 cup cashews
3 cups chicken
1 cup water chestnuts, sliced
Chopped onion

Dressing
2 cups Miracle Whip
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
Dash of dill weed
1/4 tsp. curry
1 tsp. seasoned salt

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Colors of summer

A yellow swallowtail butterfly rests on a bee balm flower in a Bluffton lawn.

Tips on storing your garden harvest Aug. 6 at library

The Gardeners of Bluffton/Pandora Area invite Icon viewers to a free program titled Storing Your Harvest, at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6, in the lower level of the Bluffton Public Library.

You've turned the soil, planted the seeds, tackled the weeds, and now you have a bumper crop of green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, hot peppers and other vegetables.  

The program will instruct participants how to store their harvest for winter usage. Topics to include: canning, root cellaring, freezing and drying.

The program is open to the public with no admission charge.

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Robert and Treva Stratton celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Robert and Treva Stratton of 999 E. Lincoln Highway, Bluffton, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 9, 2013.

Robert and the former Treva M. Althaus were married Aug. 9, 1953 at Ebenezer Mennonite Church by the Reverend Howard T. Landes.

They are the parents of three children, Brett (Diane) Stratton, Jay (Sherry) Stratton and Sue (Robert) Fett, all of Bluffton. They have nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A family dinner celebration is being planned at a later date.

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"Refuse to be a victim" program at Blanchard Valley Hospital Aug. 13

“Refuse To Be A Victim,” a nationally recognized crime prevention course to be held in Findlay on Tuesday, Aug. 13.

This course provides practical information geared toward awareness and avoidance of criminal attack.

The program of the National Rifle Association will be held from 5:30 – 9 p.m. in the Ruse Board room located on the second floor of the William E. Ruse building at Blanchard Valley Hospital, 1900 South Main St., Findlay.

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