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Ezra Moser peeling apples

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 10, 2012 - 11:08am

Ezra Moser works an apple peeler and a wooden vise during a demonstration at the 1961 Bluffton centennial. Larry Badertscher is pressing the apples to produce apple cider. Leland Gerber photo.

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Historical Bluffton
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Holt-Terlecky wedding in Granville

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 10, 2012 - 10:24am

Dr. Rachel Holt of Miamisburg, Ohio, and Dr. Andrew Terlecky of Centerville, Ohio, were united in marriage at 2 p.m. June 23, 2012 at St. Edward Church in Granville, Ohio, in a double ring ceremony officiated by Msgr. Paul Enke and Dan Thacher.  Music for the ceremony was provided by Sarah Lehman, Kara Zink and Kevin Gratz.

The bride is the daughter of Robert and Karlyn Holt of Bluffton. The groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Wasyl Terlecky, Jr. The reception was held at Longaberger Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio.

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Regional news
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The Icon college bowl contest will be posted this week

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 9, 2012 - 8:21pm

The Icon launches its 2012 college bowl contest this week. The contest includes 29 bowl  games played from Thursday, Dec. 20, through  Tuesday, Jan. 1. The Icon will provide updates from time to time to show the contest leaders. The deadline for entry is noon on Dec. 20.

This is not the entry form, but it shows the bowl games in the contest. Watch for an annoucement later this week stating that the contest is posted.

Dec. 20
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
BYU (7-5) vs San Diego State (9-3)

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Sports
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Rose-Hulman moves to 3-0 in HCAC with 63-43 win at Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2012 - 11:08pm

The Bluffton University men’s basketball team lost to Rose Hulman 63-43 Saturday November 8. The Beavers fell to 2-5 (0-3 HCAC) while Rose Hulman improved to 7-1 (3-0 HCAC) on the year.

The Beavers took an early 5-0 lead on a Josh Johnson (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) three followed by a steal and layup from Tyler Neal (Bluffton).

Rose stormed back and took a 13-11 lead with 7:41 left in the first half and never looked back. At halftime Rose held a 29-16 advantage.

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Bluffton University
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Duane Bollenbacher wins week 5 football contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2012 - 10:28pm

The winner of Week 5 of The Icon Football Contest 2 is Duane Bollenbacher.  Duane and Randy Stewart both correctly picked 12 games this week and Duane was declared the winner by virtue of the first tie-breaker.

Other contestants:

11 correct - Adelyn Althaus, John Clevidence, Kyle Gratz, Tater Hooker and Todd Fleharty.

10 correct - Brandon Huber, Jim Dillman and Joe Suter.

9 correct - Jerry Cupples.

8 correct - Mike Burris.

7 correct - Mark Sommers.

The cumulative totals are:

61 points - Duane Bollenbacher.

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People
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Dorothy "Dottie" Anderson logged over 40,000 hours in aerial flight

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2012 - 9:40pm

Dottie Anderson Shelton died on Dec. 8, 2012, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton, Ohio, where she had resided for several weeks. The daughter of Jesse and Pearl Guin Anderson, she was born on Jan. 7, 1926, in Columbus Grove. In 2004, Dottie married Lloyd Shelton of Bowling Green, who died on June 26, 2012.

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Obituaries
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