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Steve Renfrow will become a missionary for Southern Baptists

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2010 - 11:42am

When Steve Renfrow came to Bluffton in 1979 the Bluffton Baptist Chapel met on Sundays in the Shannon Theatre. The congregation was two years old at the time; its regular attendance was 12 in Sunday school and 13 in worship.

Today the congregation has its own building on County Line Road, is known as Bluffton Baptist Church and has an active congregation of around 100 members.

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Tour of Bluffton churches continues March 27

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2010 - 9:53am

The church tours of Bluffton concludes Saturday, March 27, according to the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association.

Four Bluffton congregations are part of Saturday's walking tour. Those churches are:

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Worship
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A little game of Frisbee football

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2010 - 9:04pm
A little game of Frisbee football

The old college baseball field comes to life on warm spring days as the field of play of a new sport. It's Frisbee football. On March 24 two separate games of the sport were underway. Here's action from one game.

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Did you know that 77 percent of the Icon viewers clip their fingernails?

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2010 - 5:52pm

Somewhere in a bookstore is a book titled "How to Lie With Statistics." We dusted that old timer off the shelf and present you a column on the "average" Icon viewer's opinion.

Based only on our frequent poll questions posed at the bottom of the home page, we've created the perfect snapshot of the Icon viewer. We aren't lying about the findings; we simply realize there's no scientific proof to our findings. So, perhaps we are lying with statistics.

Nevertheless here's's how Icon viewers have expressed themselves in several of our ever-so-serious questions:

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Iconoclast View
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Marcella Looker 1913-2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2010 - 1:16pm

Marcella Looker, 97, of Pandora died 12:30 p.m. March 24, 2010, at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora.

She was born Jan. 24, 1913, in Putnam County to Philip and Elizabeth Steiner Basinger. She married Ernest J. Looker Jr. on Nov. 11, 1973 and he died Dec. 4, 1984.

Mrs. Looker and been employed by Readrite Meter Works, Bluffton as an assembly worker and as an office worker at Steiner Bros., Lima, Leland Diller Insurance, Bluffton and Bluffton Community Hospital. She also worked as a housekeeper and caregiver for Mrs. A.P. Steiner in Waynesboro, Pa.

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Obituaries
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Infant and child CPR techniques class registration deadline April 5

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2010 - 1:10pm

A course covering infant and child CPR techniques will take place at Bluffton Public Library on Thursday, April 15, from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Representatives of the Allen County Chapter of the American Cross will be teaching the course. The cost is $35 per participant and the course is open to people ages 10 years old and above.

Space is limited and registration is required by Monday, April 5. For more information, visit the library or call 419-358-5016.

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