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Baumgartners celebrate 65th anniversary with open house July 17

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 5, 2016 - 10:06am

James and Marlene Baumgartner of Bluffton will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary this month.

James and the former Marlene Berry were married Aug. 9, 1951, at First United Methodist Church by Rev. Paul Cramer. 

They are the parents of Gregg (Deb) Baumgartner, Findlay, Michelle (Rick) Fennell,
North Baltimore, and Michael ( Amie) Baumgartner, Medina.  They have nine
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. 

They are retired from Baumgartner Trucking.

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Good evening, summer!

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 5, 2016 - 9:26am

Here's Bluffton on a warm summer night. In fact, it's the first summer night of 2016. Denny Edinger took this photo of the full moon over the Bluffton University campus from Elm Street.

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Rachael E. Lewis winner in fiddlers' contest in Van Wert

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 5, 2016 - 9:20am

Rachael E. Lewis, strings teacher and orchestra director in Bluffton Schools, recently competed in a fiddlers' contest and won the adult fiddling division.

The contest also included youth fiddling, banjo and harmonica contests.

The events were held July 2, at Van Wert County Fairgrounds during the Old Fashioned Farmers Days.

Rachael played: "Possum Up a Gum Stump," "Lonesome Moonlight Waltz" and "Angeline the Baker."

Accompanying Rachael on guitar was Mark Whitt.

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Costa Rican experience for six BHS students in June

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 5, 2016 - 8:55am

Provided to The Icon by Kevin King
Bluffton High School students along with Spanish teacher Profe King traveled to Costa Rica for 11 days in June.

They traveled with EF (Education First) tours on an immersion-style tour.

Students were encouraged and often forced to speak and communicate solely on Spanish while learning about sustainability practices, a variety of foods, and cultural differences.  

There were six Bluffton High School students joined with groups from North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin for a total of 19 students.

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Pigs can swim - just ask Evan

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 1, 2016 - 3:43pm

Can pigs fly? Ask Evan Osting of Bluffton and he'll tell you pigs can swim. He is pictured at the Bluffton-Ada swim meet on Thursday in Ada. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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When Sardines meet the Gators - swimmers on your mark!

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 1, 2016 - 8:36am

A large crowd was on hand Thursday in Ada when the Ada Gators took on the Bluffton Sardines. Here's two views from the top of the slide. (Monty Siekerman photos)

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