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Frosty's back!

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 9, 2014 - 4:53pm

Frosty never looked so bright, however looking at the weather forecast, he doesn't have a bright future. There are lots of Frostys in town and this one showed up recently at 314 S. Main St. 

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Doreen Metheney was a 1983 Bluffton High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 9, 2014 - 4:13pm

Doreen Dae Metheney, 48 of Houston, Texas, and formerly of Bluffton died Jan. 4, 2014.  She was born Aug. 28, 1965 in Bluffton to the late Gordon and Doris (Rowley) Metheney, Sr. 

She graduated from Bluffton High School in 1983.  She lived and worked in Findlay until the early 1990s and moved to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where she lived and worked until her illness took her to St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas. 

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Obituaries
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Four "new" advertisers on The Icon, each with very interesting telephone numbers

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 9, 2014 - 9:01am

Bear with us - you'll soon discover the pun's meaning.  

The cold weather has affected the Icon . A time machine sent us back into the 1930s of downtown Bluffton.

Four "new" advertisers posted ads on The Icon today. They are:
• The Iron Lantern - restaurant, (operated by Richard Boehr's father, John)
• Patterson Barbershop (operated by Nancy Fruchey's father, Don)
• Thompson and Rupright  groceries
• Mumma Electric Co.

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Iconoclast View
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Men's bball: Beavers 6-5 after loss to Rose-Hulman

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 9, 2014 - 8:51am

By: Ryan Schadewald, sports information assistant
January 4, 2014

Stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/mensbasketball/2014/01-04-mb.htm

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton chamber asks: "How can we improve Bluffton?" during Jan. 17 breakfast meeting

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 8, 2014 - 5:30pm

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will focus on "How can we improve Bluffton?" during its Friday, Jan. 17, monthly chamber breakfast. The meeting is in the third floor of the town hall.

Richland Manor is the breakfast sponsor and will provide the free breakfast with serving starting at 7 a.m. The breakfast meeting starts at 7:30 a.m.

"Once we get into the program portion of the meeting we will split into smaller groups. Each group will tackle these questions, and will eventually report back to the larger group," said Fred Steiner, chamber director.

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Regional news
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Lucia Unrau featured with Lima Symphony's "Mozart by Candlelight" concert on campus Jan. 23

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 8, 2014 - 5:20pm

When Crafton Beck, conductor of the Lima Symphony Orchestra, asked Dr. Lucia Unrau what piano concerto she would like to perform with the orchestra as guest artist in this winter’s “Mozart by Candlelight” concert, “I had a few in mind,” she says.

But one in particular “has been one of my favorites,” the Bluffton University professor adds, since a friend had her listen to it when they were undergraduates at the Oberlin Conservatory.

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Bluffton University
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