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"Taps Across America"

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 26, 2020 - 2:54pm

Bluffton 9th grader Hannah Davis and BHS band member, plays "Taps" during a "Taps Across America" performance on Memorial Day. She received a text from BHS band director, David Sycks, that trumpet players across the U.S. were to play taps at 3 p.m. from their front porch to honor those servicemen and women on Memorial Day since parades and services were cancelled due to the virus.

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Today's BHS seniors in the spotlight

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 26, 2020 - 2:45pm

Here's today's installment of the Bluffton High School Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight. Each weekday until the end of May the Icon will feature photos and future plans for four BHS seniors.  Students will be featured in a four-set random order. 

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People
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Bluffton women in 1906

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 26, 2020 - 11:20am

Here is a group of young women in Bluffton taken in 1906.

From left, Hulda Schaublin, Clara Wilson, Verba Ronston Ulch, Ora Kimmel, Elvina Hover, Florence Wilson Hilty, Bessie Bonnell and Blanche Williams Triplett.

The identification are thanks to someone taking the time to write the names on the back of the photo.

Some of the local relationships in this photo include Florence Wilson Hilty (sixth from left). She is the paternal great-grandmother of Cara Young Davies and Brandt Young.

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Historical Bluffton
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Tip from the Icons and Ohio News Media Association

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 26, 2020 - 10:21am

Here's a tip from the Icons and the Ohio News Media Association.

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Iconoclast View
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Nobody rains on this parade

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 24, 2020 - 8:21pm

The Bluffton High School graduating class of 2020 had its senior year cut short due to a world-wide pandemic. That didn't stop members from holding a parade through town for their last hoorah– a secret that practically everyone knew about. (Jamie Nygaard photos)

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Paul Gossard was retired from Cooper Tire

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 24, 2020 - 5:34pm

Paul Frederick Gossard, 85, died May 24, 2020, at Mennnonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Paul was born Dec. 20, 1934 in Mt. Victory, Ohio, to the late Everet Merrel and Mildred Roxie (King) Gossard.  On June 18, 1960, he married Linda Duncan Gossard, who preceded him in death on Nov. 27, 2010. 

Paul retired from Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, after 30 years and drove vehicles for Nienberg Auto Sales and Magnum Trucking Equipment after retirement.  Paul was a veteran of the U.S. Army.  

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Obituaries
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