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Four Bluffton High School choirs will perform in concert tonight (Monday, Oct. 17) in the middle school.

The 7 p.m. concert includes performances by Freshman Choir, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and Show Choir. Kara Zink is the director.

Lincolnview won the boys' championship and Columbus Grove won the girls' title in the Northwest Conference cross country meet run Saturday morning in Columbus Grove. 

Bluffton finished sixth overall in the boys' standings and did not enter a girls' team.

Crestview finished second in both races.  Columbus Grove (boys) and Lincolnview (girls) took third place finishes. Junior High races were won by Columbus Grove (boys) and Crestview (girls).

NW Ohio, Division 3, BHS boy's 3rd; BHS girls 8th

For the first time this season both Bluffton varsity soccer teams are ranked in the Northwest Ohio soccer coaches poll.

The boys' team (12-3) is ranked third and the girls' team (11-4-1)is ranked eighth.

The entire northwest Ohio rankings are in the attachment below.

Twylah Lavon Ludwig, 96, died Oct. 17, 2016, at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Twylah was born June 25, 1920, in Bairdstown, Ohio, to the late Arthur and Edna Pearl (Koons) Carnicom.  On May 8, 1948, she married Frederick Ludwig who preceded her in death on Oct. 31, 1975.

Twylah retired from Triplett Corporation, Bluffton after 38 years.  She was a member of Bluffton Presbyterian Church.  Twylah was a graduate of Bloomdale High School.

You've stopped at this corner at Columbus Grove countless times. But, did you know that the building here was once the Opera House Block? We know that thanks to the message on the top of the post card.

The Icon spotted "CHEER 63" in the Ada school parking lot in September. Look for it in a white Chevy Traverse LTE. Does it belong for a former cheerleader born in 1963? That's our best guess.

Do you have an interesting license plate? Send a photo to [email protected]. Don't forget to tell us the plate's meaning.

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