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Passenger trains no longer stop in Bluffton - but the next best thing took place at Mennonite Memorial Home during the Saturday Fall Festival. Watch for more photos tonight.

Bluffton Family Recreation is accepting teams for its inaugural sixth grade boys’ and girls’ tip-off tournament in December, according to Joseph Beagle, director.

Boys’ division play is Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Girls’ division play is Sunday, Dec. 13, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. All games are at BFR, 216 Snider Road, Bluffton.

Registration fee per team is $200. Registration takes place now through Nov. 30. There is an eight-team limit in each division and three games are guaranteed during the tournaments.

Bluffton Family Recreation will hold fifth and sixth grade girls’ volleyball tournaments on two consecutive weekends in November, according to Joseph Beagle, director.

A fifth grade tournament is Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7-8. A sixth grade tournament is Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15. Matches are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The cost per team is $200. The tournament has three guaranteed games with random seeding. All matches are at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

Geiger...Kibele...Steiner...Niswander...Kimmel...Pogue. Familiar Bluffton names, even 92 years later.

Here's the Bluffton High School senior class play from 1923-24. It's the cast of "Under cover."

The closer you study this, the sooner you may find a great-grandfather or great-grandmother. 

Front row from left: Wava Patrick, Margaret Kimmel, Leslie Geiger and Evelyn Niswander.

What’s Cooking at Jeanne’s Kitchen, Sept. 29-Oct. 2

BREAKFAST STARTS AT 8 a.m.
We are open for breakfast at 8 a.m., Tuesday-Friday and serve breakfast all day.

LUNCH SPECIALS
Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

TUESDAY
Ham and potato soup
Philly cheese steak
Cabbage rolls with side salad
Poached pear salad

WEDNESDAY
Kale and bean soup
Chef Michael's perch platter
Beef and noodles with side salad
Orange sesame salad

Owlsburg Tavern, or Van's, which ever you prefer, appears to be one of the stories of the year on the Icon. It received over 6,000 Facebook recognitions in a recent story, reaching viewers all the way to eastern Europe.

CLICK HERE FOR THAT STORY.

For the many Icon fans of the establishment at the corner of State Route 235 and Lincoln Highway, here's an earlier photo from the Icon archives.

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