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Posted by Fred Steiner on July 7, 2014 - 2:37pm

Betty Cookson, former director of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, stands beside the most important newly installed feature on Main Street. On July 7, Betty cut the ribbon on a handicapped accessible door to the Senior Center. Ken and Lee Cookson, Betty's sons, purchased the door in honor of their mother.

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Free community meal July 30 in Pandora

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 7, 2014 - 2:23pm

The Pandora United Methodist Church will be hosting a free community meal on Wednesday, July 30 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora.

The meal this month is provided by Hilty Home. The menu will be roast beef and gravy, potatoes and carrots, cole slaw, dinner roll, strawberry shortcake and beverage.

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Worship
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The Icon answers Bluffton's most asked summer question: "What's going in at KFC?"

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 5, 2014 - 4:41pm

Bluffton’s most asked summer question, “What’s going in at KFC?” is getting closer to being answered.

The Icon understands that the former restaurant at 415 State Route 103 has sold. The new owners are from Lima and have Chinese restaurant experience.

No other information about the new owners was available over the Fourth of July weekend.

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Business
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At mid-year Bluffton council's agenda is full

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 5, 2014 - 4:10pm

At mid-way point of 2014, Bluffton council will address several issues on Monday. Here's a summary of the village administrator's report to council. The report is part of the council agenda, in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Public Meetings
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Paul Reichenbach was owner of Reichenbach Lumber

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 4, 2014 - 3:30pm

Paul F. Reichenbach died in his home on July 3, 2014.

He was born Jan. 26, 1928, in Pandora to the late Hiram and Edna (Zimmerman) Reichenbach.  On July 25, 1948, he married M. Jean (Burkholder) Reichenbach, who survives in Bluffton.

He was a 1945 graduate of Bluffton High School and served in the United States Army.  He worked in the lumber business for many years beginning at Steinman Brothers Lumber, then at Tuttle Lumber and finally as owner of Reichenbach Lumber in Bluffton.  In retirement Paul worked in real estate for a time. 

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Obituaries
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Did your grandparents work at Triplett?

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 4, 2014 - 1:31pm

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Are your grandparents in this photo? The photo is from the decade of the 1940s and is part of the historical photo collection of the Bluffton Public Library.

The scene is from the Triplett Electrical Instrument Co., specifically  the former Readrite Meter Works (later known as Triplett plant 2) building. The building is no longer standing. It is now part of the parking lot north of Harmon Field on East College Avenue.

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Historical Bluffton
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