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Noteworthy performance

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 11, 2019 - 2:11pm

Vicki Mills directs the Noteworthy Community Choir during the intermission of the patrotic pops concert at ONU on Saturday. Additional photos are in this series. Mills conducts the first-ever Summer Sounds Choral Camp, July 15-19, at ONU.

 

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Invitation to Maple Crest hobby and collection show

Thursday evening from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 10, 2019 - 2:49pm

Elders of Maple Crest invites the community to view displays of hobbies and collections from 19 elders from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 11, in the Maple Crest Patio Room.

The show ranges from Oliver Lugibihl’s nuts and jams to Paul Klassen’s water color paintings to Jim Smith’s toy farm equipment to Becky Sprunger’s knitting - plus many other displays.

The exhibit is free and open to the public.

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Celebration of the life of Dr. Shelly on Sunday

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 9, 2019 - 11:49am

A celebration of the life of Dr. Howard M. Shelly, M.D., who died May 4, 2019,  takes place from 5 to 8 p.m., Sunday, July 14, at The Centre, 601 N. Main St., Bluffton.

The evening’s activities includes signing a guest book. Making an audio recording of your favorite Dr. Shelly story, or bring a written memory. There will be three scheduled sessions of memory sharing and hymn singing.

Guests are invited to bring a pie to share with others.

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Appeals court reverses conviction of Bluffton physician

Involving Dr. James A. Gideon, M.D., whose practice was on Garau Street
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 8, 2019 - 2:16pm

The Court of Appeals of Ohio Third Appellate District has reversed ­­– rendering null and void – the April, 2018, conviction of Dr. James A. Gideon, M.D., Bluffton rheumatology and internal medicine physician, on three misdemeanor charges in Lima Municipal Court.

The court of appeals issued its judgment on June 24.

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The Bluffton Story - part 12

Written by Bluffton 6th graders in 1953-54
Posted by LizGH on July 6, 2019 - 6:00am

Note: Bluffton sixth graders in the 1953-54 school year (graduating class of 1960) created a booklet titled "The Bluffton Story." The following article is part of that booklet, which is now in the history collection at the Bluffton Public Library. This series continues each week on the Icon.
"The Bluffton Slaw Cutter Company"
By Robert Kimmet and Gerald Tschiegg
One of the small industries of the town that was founded in 1915, by John Fett and Sam Kimmel, is the Bluffton Slaw Cutter Company.

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Arthur Gratz bequest benefits three organizations

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, St. John Mennonite, Swiss Community Historical Society
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 3, 2019 - 4:01pm

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO), St. John Mennonite Church of Pandora, and The Swiss Community Historical Society (SCHS) have received a bequest from the estate of Arthur E. Gratz of Pandora. 

Gratz, 84, died on Octo 22, 2018 at Hilty Memorial Home.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Kline Gratz.

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