FROM THE EDITOR: The Icon is fortunate to have a number of excellent sports photographers in the community. In 2025 Jamie Nygaard and Marvin Foster offered to take photos of the OHSAA DII State Track Finals. We asked them both for some of their favorite pictures and an account of their experience.
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By Marvin Foster
I believe this is the 14th time I have had a credential for State Track. Most of those years have meant grabbing a spot in the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium locker room turned media room, and calling it home base for the next two days. It is always interesting to see how the professional photographers and newspeople go about their job, and I will often be grateful that I am not trying to scratch out a living doing the same.
By Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist
ONU Healthwise Pharmacy
Wipe Out was the surf music instrumental released in 1963 by the group Surfaris. The members of the group included Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. Wilson was the drummer for the song and his fast-paced drumming is considered a classic by musicians. The song has been featured in over 20 films and TV series since 1964.
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A June 23 hearing has been scheduled before Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Reed in the state’s case vs. Ronald Powell, who is charged with allegedly shooting at Bluffton Police Department officers in December 2021.
Powell, age 53, faces five charges including felonious assault, discharge of firearm on or near prohibited premise, failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and having weapons while under disability with firearm.
