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Bet you didn't know Suter's Produce grows radishes and peas

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Bet you didn’t know Suter’s Produce grows radishes and peas.

They do, but they aren’t for sale. They are for cover.

The next time you visit the cider press or corn maze check out the 40-acre field on the south side of Road R.

“The radishes and peas are a cover crop. They will be there until we plant our no- till sweet corn next spring,” Jerry Suter said.

Suter’s have used the radish-pea cover crop combination for the past four years. 

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A sunny day with coperating cumulus clouds and a of meadow autumn colors make Motter Park on Columbus Grove Road a calendar photo for October in Ohio.

Provisional Certification through Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement program

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The Bluffton Police Department recently met the requirement to receive Provisional Certification through the Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Certification program, according to Ryan Burkholder, Bluffton police chief.

This achievement means that the Bluffton police department has adopted and implemented state standards established by the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board as part of the state’s efforts to strengthen community and police relations.

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After posting this photo we've learned more about it. From Carrie Phillips: "It could be the 50th anniversary May Day weekend."

She adds: My grandparents, Ray and Lucile Holcomb, are in the back row, 3rd and 4th from the left.

The first row include faculty members.

Persons identified on the second row are sixth from left, Wanda Suter Pannabecker, next is Earl Lehman. Arden Slotter is 13th from left. Robert Simcox is fourth from right.

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Ohio Beef - this is a speciality plate the Icon saw on Main Street Bluffton. It's a Hancock County plate we spotted on a dark  blue Toyota Highlander.

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Sean Burrell says something to make the Bluffton candidates chuckle during Friday's chamber meet-the-candidate breakfast. A community election forum takes place at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall. Watch for more details on that program. The Icon will also feature a series on council and school board candidates later this week.

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