Eariler this year I was asked a couple questions concerning the church key belonging to St. Mary's Catholic Church, since I grew up across the street from it. I wrote this brief article for the church history and share it with Icon viewers.
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Josh Bickel, a photographer for Ohio Magazine, wanted to see the sights of Bluffton.
So, naturally, we took him to the clock tower of the town hall. Bickel was in Bluffton last Friday taking photos of Bluffton University campus and the village for an upcoming feature on Bluffton University.
Watch for the September issue of Ohio Magazine. You can't miss the Bluffton University spread.
By Fred Steiner
We all know Stan Schneck was “Mr. Pandora.”
There’s more to that title than you might think. Stan's older brother, Don, passed the title on to Stan, and Stan carried it well.
Don and Stan’s father, Clarence, then might as well be considered the Father of two Mr. Pandora’s. In an earlier generation, Clarence was an important heartbeat of the Pandora community.
Stan was about as Swiss as you could get – having a Schneck father and a Burkhalter mother and holding a life-long St. John Mennonite membership.
A chocolate pecan pie won this year's Relay for Life pie-baking contest.
Judges were: Jeff Stratton from Citizens National Bank, and Michael Donley, Bluffton Family Recreation sports coordinator and office manager. Their assignment covered 25 delicious homemade pies.
