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Andy and Katie Edinger

Tim Stockman and Jed Marquart attended the Dayton Air Show on July 8. Guess who they "ran into"?

Here's the story as Jed tells is:

Tim Stockman and I attended the Dayton Air Show on Sunday. Tim wanted to check out the Ohio Highway Patrol static display, since he is a former trooper. As we passed by the OHP airplane on display, the pilot looked familiar and quickly came over to speak with us.

Fire departments in Bluffton and Beaverdam-Richland Township are fighting a house fire on Hillville Road, south of Bentley Road tonight. Bluffton was called to the fire shortly before 5 p.m.

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Here are some photos of the fire. Video number 1 is below:

The years 2011 and 2012 are very similar, according to the chart showing calls to the Bluffton Fire Department.

On Monday, Jon Kinn, fire chief, provided Bluffton council with a 2012 six-month fire run report.

During the first six months of 2011 the department responded to 53 calls. For the same time period of 2012, it responded to 54 calls.

The 2012 chart is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

Bluffton's 2013 budget of $4.3 million received council's okay on Monday. The budget is required to be passed by law in July. It is an approximate figure used in determining actual village appropriations, which must be passed by Dec. 31.

According to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer, the estimated 2013 budget is very close to the 2012 budget.

She told council that she does not expect much change in revenue from 2012 to 2013, nor expense changes during the period.

Julie Brewer

By Jake Dowling, Ada Icon summer intern
Note: This story was originally posted in The Ada Icon. Julie Brewer is known by several persons in the Bluffton community.

It is the summer of 2010. Julie Brewer just graduated from Ohio Northern University with a degree in art education. She had friends, a good life, but she was not ready to jump right into her career, she wanted to explore.

Peter Suter of Shannon Theatre announced that "Ice Age: Continental Drift" (PG) will be shown at the theatre from July 13-19.

Show times follow:

2D - Each evening at 7 PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30.

3D - Each evening at 9:30 PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 4 PM.

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