October 2012

The winner of Week 9 of The Icon Football Contest is Dave Moser, who correctly picked 14 games this week.  

Other contestants:

By Bryan Kress
After three straight road games including two against tough teams in LCC and Spencerville, Bluffton finally was able to play a home game and they sure took advantage of it winning 41-6 against Paulding.

Bluffton won the total yards battle 326-123, but the most impressive stat is that the Pirates attempted only three passes all game. The Pirates racked up a whopping 317 yards on the ground.

Peter Suter of Shannon Theatre announced that "Here Comes the Boom" (PG) and will be shown at the theatre from October 26 - November 1.

Show times are every evening at 7:00 and 9:30 PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 and 4:00 PM. 

Premiering November 2nd will be Wreck-It-Ralph. Shannon Theatre will be celebrating Customer Appreciation Weekend November 2-4.

How could anyone forget the severe windstorm that hit Ohio in late June. It's a storm residents of Columbus Grove may never forget. Here is a photo of the downtown building, which housed Christie's on Main following the wind storm. Below is a photo of the same corner today. The Icon understands that Christie's will rebuild on the site.

Theatre was not the career path Jared Hudson expected to follow when he arrived at Bluffton University as a biology major.

But as Cincinnati’s Anderson High School had nurtured his interest in science, it had also provided ample opportunities for him in theatre. And now, with three years of stage experience at Bluffton added, the bachelor’s degree in biology he plans to receive next May will be more of a “fallback,” he says, as he pursues a career in performance, possibly as a voice actor.

Town and Country Flowers, 121 S. Main St., Bluffton, announces a store-wide Christmas open house, according to Connie Kruse, of the store.

The open house is the weekend of Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9-10.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HOSTS COFFEE HOUSE-STYLE PERFORMANCE
FEATURING CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ARTIST, NIC STEVENS

Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter, Nic Stevens, will present a Coffee House-style performance at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, located at 2330 S. Main St. in Findlay. 

The concert, part of the 33rd Season of the First Presbyterian Church Artist Series, is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be received.

Apollo Career Center provided The Icon with details on its levy on the Nov. 6 ballot. The school is seeking approval of a 1-mill levy to upgrade its aging infrastructure, equipment and classroom space. If approved, it would cost the average homeowner about $2.50 a month or just over $30 a year.

A video at the bottom of this story shares additional levy information.

What will Apollo do with the money if the levy passes?

Leaf pickup in Bluffton will begin the week of Oct. 29, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.

He will update Bluffton council on this fall’s leaf pick up plans at Monday’s council meeting. (meeting at 8 p.m.)

“Residents should place un-bagged leaves on the side of the street in front of their residences, as close to the curb as possible,” Mehaffie said.

“Residents may utilize the tree lawns if available and do not allow the leaf pice to extend into the lanes of traffic,” he added.

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