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Good manners: The noise you don't make when eating soup

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 13, 2014 - 9:30pm

Note: Earlier this week The Icon announced the winners of Maple Crest's soup cook-off of March 6. This post includes photos not shown in the original story. Here, you'll see each of the competitors and a summary of the event.

Click here to read the list of winners.

We encourage viewers to open the "flip book" at the bottom of this story. It shows all the competitors. Please allow a moment for the photos to appear. 

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People
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Betty Wirt operated the "Cubby Hole" in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 13, 2014 - 6:04pm

Betty Kathryn Wirt, 87, died on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 9:05 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

She was born on April 2, 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pa., to William and Elizabeth (Hasson) Knox and they preceded her in death. On May 15, 1946 she married Merle E. Wirt and he died on November 1, 2010.

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Obituaries
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It's supposed to be in the 50s this weekend

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 12, 2014 - 9:12pm

It's supposed to be in the 50s this weekend.

In the meantime, we are shoveling snow from our driveways and sidewalks. We are canceling events and wondering if winter will end.

Here's a photo essay of what we hope is winter's last blast in Bluffton. The photos offer a combination nasty winter photos plus an artistic look at winter. The photos were taken during the height of the March 12 snow.

Please give the photo collection a moment to open.

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Iconoclast View
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Snow art

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 12, 2014 - 7:18pm

Did we dream Wednesday's nasty weather? At the height of Wednesday's blowing snows, The Icon drove around Bluffton photographing what we hope is winter's last blast. We discovered some interesting views. This one is on Jackson Street in front of the middle school. Click here for more snow shots as we bid farewell to a winter that we'll put in the books, and would like to forget.

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Southgate Lanes bowling scramble will raise money for June fireworks

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 12, 2014 - 5:33pm

Southgate Lanes and Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to sponsor a Business Bowling Scramble on Saturday, April 12, at the bowling alley, 9700 N. Dixie Highway, Bluffton.

“The event is a fundraiser for the chamber’s fireworks project,” said Derek Dukes of the bowling alley. “Ten four-person teams will compete in the evenings scramble. Bowling begins at 5 p.m.”

The winning team receives:
• Southgate posts a 3 by 5 foot advertisement on its wall naming the winning
   business.
• A traveling trophy goes the winning business.

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Events
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Monday's low temperature was warmer than recent highs

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 12, 2014 - 4:02pm

We aren't in February anymore. Monday's low temperature reading of 35 was even tolerable. Here's the recent 10-day weather summary provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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Regional news
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