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Check out a "Bluffton" quote in the official Michigan Travel Ideas magazine

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2012 - 1:32pm

Icon viewer Dick Jordan pointed out an interesting "it's a small world" connection in the current issue of the Michigan Travel Ideas" official state travel guide.

One page in the guide refers to the Grand Haven area of western Michigan. Jim and Pat King of Bluffton are quoted in that section. Their part in the guide follows: "Jim and Pat King of Bluffton, Ohio, are looking at the paintings, too. Pat says they return to this area every year, this time with their grown kids. "We're in love with the lake - we always have to have something to remember it by."

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Ada First United Methodist Church destroyed by fire

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 14, 2012 - 2:28pm

On Wednesday afternoon you could still smell the smoke from the Lincoln Highway. The day before, neighboring community, Ada, lost one of its structural gems to fire - its First United Methodist Church, at the north end of Ada's Main Street business district.

The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. Children from a Head Start day care center, housed in the church, escaped without injury.

Main Street, Ada, which is also State Route 235, is closed within a block of the church and traffic is rerouted around Ada.

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An update on Rick Emmert, Bluffton High School 1968 grad

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 10, 2012 - 12:43pm

Note: Our Bluffton High School classmate, Rick Emmert, provides updates from time to time about his experiences in Japan, where he lives.

The following is an e-mail update that we think Icon viewers who know Rick will appreciate. For more details, click on the links.

Dear Family and Friends,

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Lots of pancakes have flipped in Bluffton in the past 30 years

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2012 - 1:02pm
Dick and Betty Cookson with some of this year's prizes

March 17 marks the 30th anniversary of the pancake and sausage benefit shared between the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center and Bluffton Lions.

Tonya Meyers of the Senior Center provided The Icon with some interested background on the event.

Betty Cookson was the director of the Bluffton Senior Citizens' Center in 1983 during the first Pancake and Sausage Benefit put on by the Bluffton Senior Center and the Bluffton Lions Club.

"John Gilbert, president of the Lions Club, came and asked if we would consider having a pancake day with the Lions, but in our building.

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Wait no longer...the men's room is empty

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2012 - 5:18pm

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner
Have you ever noticed how there is always a long line outside the women's restroom at public events?

We wait. And wait. And wait...while the men zip in and out of their own, with nary a line in sight.

Of course, men translate this to mean that we women are taking our time primping. This is not true. Let's just say that the mechanics of emptying one's bladder are more time-consuming for women than for men.

For more columns by MPS click here.

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If you check anything on The Icon today - you better watch this!

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 29, 2012 - 4:38pm

You'd better believe that the price was right for Justin Atkins of Bluffton today. Check out these videos. Then add up the winnings: $44,973! Justin appeared on the television show "The Price Is Right."

This one first:

http://youtu.be/sbQ0NS3rn6I

Then things get even better:

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