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Registration for library fall Storytime starts Sept. 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 29, 2016 - 11:39am

Registration for Fall Storytime opens on Sept. 1 at the Bluffton Public Library.

Visit the library or call 419-358-5016 to register your 3-5 year old child. After registration, sessions begin on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. (starting Sept. 12) or Tuesdays at 10 a.m. (starting Sept. 13).

For more information visit our website or email [email protected]. Please note that space are limited for this program.

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Bluffton Public Library
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Pandora High School 1910

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 29, 2016 - 11:19am

It was 1910.

William Howard Taft from Ohio was the U.S. president. Women did not yet have the right to vote. The Philadelphia A's defeated the Chicago Cubs in the World Series. Thomas Edison introduced his kinetosphone, which made talkies a reality. Halley's comet is observed photographically for the first time.

Here is a photograph taken by R.E. Basinger of the Pandora High School that year. Sorry to say we have no IDs of students, but if your family has a 100-plus year history in Pandora and if you examine this photo closely you may recognize a great-great grandparent.

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Historical Bluffton
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Here's September's MMH worship leaders

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 29, 2016 - 10:44am

September worship services are set at Mennonite Memorial Home. Here's the schedule:
Sundays - 9:30 a.m.
4th - Chaplain Bill Herr
11th - Rev. Don Clinger
18th - Rev. Mioke Downey
25th - Chaplain Bill Herr

Tuesdays - 6:30 p.m.
6th - Rev. Jack Duffy, First Baptist, Ada
13th - To be announced
20th - Rev. David Good, Bluffton Presbyterian
27th - Rev. Lynn Thompson, St. John Mennonite
 

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People
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Apollo school board meets Aug. 29

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on August 28, 2016 - 10:50pm

Apollo school board will meet at 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 29, in the Apollo board room, 3325 Shawnee Road, Lima. The board agenda is an attachment to this story.

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Regional news
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School starts on Monday - watch for kids crossing the street - especially at Main and College

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2016 - 9:48pm

The Bluffton school year starts on Monday. It's an important time to remind drivers of pedestrian safety at Main Street and College Avenue.

Ohio law requires drivers to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.

"I'll be there with my best sign-spinning moves to encourage drivers to share the road," Paula Scott told the Icon.

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Regional news
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Initial gallery show of 2016-17 features two women artists

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2016 - 9:43pm

“Structural Evidence,” an exhibition of work from Valerie Escobedo and Laura Barnhardt-Corle, will kick off the 2016-17 schedule in Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery, located in the Sauder Visual Arts Center. 

Opening Aug. 29, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Sept. 22. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception for the artists will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11.

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Bluffton University
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