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The following births were reported to The Icon from Bluffton Hospital from Sept. 3 to Oct. 3.

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15 minutes with Mike Johnson
Interviewed by Derek Woods, Icon intern

Mike, what year are you at Bluffton University, where is your hometown and what position do you play on the Bluffton University football team?

I'm a senior linebacker, from Trenton, New Jersey. 

What's your major at Bluffton?
Business administration.

I understand you stayed on campus this past summer. What was your job?
I worked for Buildings and Grounds at the university on the paint crew.

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Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio invites Icon viewers to its dedication and open house of Willow Ridge Green House homes on Sunday, Octy. 14.

1-2 p.m. - Dedication and celebration (at Maple Crest)
2-3 p.m. - Tour of Green House homes
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Book signing, story telling and folk concert by Dr. Bill Thomas 

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The Mennonite Memorial Home (MMH) campus was a hub of activity on Sept. 29 as part of the Bluffton Fall Festival. 

From 10 am to noon, visitors could peruse the Silent Auction items, eat lunch and pick up delicious home-baked goods from the Service Group’s bake sale. 

Outside, the fun continued with craft tables with items for sale made by residents of the MMH campus and face painting, kiddie train rides and a hay dig for kids. 

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Fall Festival day at Maple Crest (Sept. 29,) was full of several events.

By 10 a.m. a colorful array of 31 tractors, 8 engines and one corn shredding machine was lined up ready to be examined.

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Maple Crest residents got a big kick out of riding up and down the rows of machines in a sulky pulled by TR Steiner’s tractor. For all who participated, the experience was a reminder of our agricultural heritage, and for many, it was an opportunity to relive farming moments in their personal histories.

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Jason Yost, a worship leader and free-lance musician residing in Bluffton, will be traveling to San Luis Potosi, Mexico to perform with the San Luis Potosi Symphony Orchestra with his saxophone quartet, Sax 4th Avenue.

The Toledo-based group leaves Tuesday, Oct. 23, to begin rehearsals with the symphony in preparation for a Friday evening performance, Oct. 26.

Yost (baritone saxophone) earned both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in music education from BGSU and is pursuing a master’s degree in theological studies from Winebrenner Seminary.

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