March 2010

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Your guess is as good as ours. Is it the combination of two people's initials or a cryptic message? We spotted this plate in the Rosenberger Drive parking lot.

On March 6, seven Bluffton Middle School students competed at the Northwest Ohio Science and Engineering Fair in Archbold, Ohio. The seven students are Courtney Barnett, Jonah Bourassa, Josh Bracy, Landon Cluts, Andrew Hoff, Audrey Marshall and Samantha Rhonemus.

There were 107 students representing northwest Ohio competing for awards in numerous categories and from a variety of sponsors.

"All of these students put many, many hours into their projects and several were recipients of cash and prizes,"according to Scott Hoff.

Ryan Lowry of Bluffton and staff member of The Bluffton Icon, has been inducted into the Aurora Chapter of Mortar Board at Ohio Northern University based on his excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service.

Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership, and service. Since its founding in 1918, the organization has grown from the four founding chapters to 213 chapters and more than 230,000 initiated members across the nation.

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Completing the 2010 Census Questionnaire: Simple and Safe. The 2010 Census questionnaire ask only a few simple questions of each person- name, relationship, gender, age and date of birth, race and whether the respondent owns or rents his or her home.

This simple, short questionnaire takes just a few minutes to complete and return by mail. The Census Bureau does not release or share information that identifies individual respondents or their household.

Anna Ruth Suter, 80, of Pandora died 5 a.m. March 8, 2010 at Carlisle House, Bucyrus. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral Home, Bluffton

First Mennonite Women will meet at 7 p.m., Monday, March 8, in the church Fellowship Hall. Shahad Alidoori will talk about the life of women in Iraq.

St. John's United Church of Christ will have a beef and noodle dinner from 4:30 to 6:40 p.m., Friday, March 19, at the church. Carry-out meals are available and also free delivery if persons call the evening of the dinner at 419-358-5641.

Meals are $7 for adults, $5 for high school and college students and $4 for kindergartners through sixth grade.

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Here's another post card photo of Main Street probably around 1906. It was no doubt taken the same day as the previous photo. The photographer simply moved north a few hundred feet.

In the window of the "restaurant" (today Forever in Stitches), a sign reads "Soda." The fronts of these stores have changed very little since this photo was taken.

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.
By Andr'e Swartley

Issue #15
Final Fantasy XII
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: Playstation 2
Rating: T for Teen

Square Enix has always aimed to reinvent the Final Fantasy series with every numbered entry. Consequently, numbered Final Fantasy games usually offend long-time fans in some new and unforgivable way. Final Fantasy XII took this tradition to the extreme.

At first glance this plate looks like one of the earlier Ohio versions. But, not so. This place is from Massachusetts. We spotted it in the Rosenberger Drive parking lot.

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