The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, (BAMA), will hold the annual community Thanksgiving service in conjunction with the community meal on Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
The Bluffton Presbyterian Church will provide the community meal that evening. Other congregations will provide pies for dessert.
The meal begins at 6 p.m. The Thanksgiving service beings at 6:45 p.m.
With the high school regular football season over, The Icon switches its weekly football contest to 10 college games and five pro games. The first contest will be posted later today.
The weekly contest will always have a noon, Saturday, entry deadline. Viewers may enter as often as they wish, but must enter under someone else's name for the second or third entry.
It was close, but Duane Bollenbacher survived as the cumulative winner of the 2012 Icon 10-week high school-college football contest. He accumulated 122 points (81% winning percentage) over the course of the season.
By Fred Steiner
Want to hear a good Halloween story? Here’s one. And it’s true.
Most of us have forgotten that the bend in the road on State Route 235 north of Ada was originally laid out as a 90-degree angle. If you head north, you can see a remnant of that angle - but look closely.