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Funeral arrangements for Elisabeth Gratzer incomplete

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 20, 2013 - 4:23pm

Elisabeth Gratzer, 98, died at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Obituaries
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Deserving honor

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 19, 2013 - 9:17pm

Bob and Bev Amstutz were recognized by the Bluffton Lions Club as Bluffton's 2012 Citizens of the Year on March 19. Click here for more information on the couple. Click for a video.

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Police docket for February

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 19, 2013 - 8:29pm

Sgt. Matt Oglesbee of the Bluffton Police Department provided the Icon with the police docket for February.

Feb. 2
-Police responded to a non-injury traffic crash on NB I-75 at Mile Post 141 where a vehicle driven by Steven Mays, 60, Elida lost control  on ice and spun into the median striking the wire barrier. 

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Police/Fire/EMS
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$5,000 to winner of BCE Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 19, 2013 - 4:51pm

Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs has announced prize money, seminar dates and major sponsors for the first-ever Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition.

First place prize is $5,000 in business start-up costs and a one-year BCE client program membership. Second place is $1,000 in start-up costs and a one-year BCE client program membership. Third place is a one-year BCE client program membership.

Bluffton University, DTR Industries, Mustard Seed Cafe, Reichenbach and Steiner CPA's and WLIO TV, Lima, are the major sponsors of the competition.

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Business
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America is a Hankish ice cream cone

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 19, 2013 - 12:30pm

"American is a Hankish Ice Cream Cone." To an eariler Bluffton generation, that statement rings true. The Icon discovered this photo in its archives. Our best guess is that it's a 1976 bicentennial parade.

Perhaps it was photographed from the town hall looking across at what is now Smith's Realty. 

Any ideas on the ID of the driver of the float, or any of the kids on the curb are welcome. If the photo was taken in 1976, some of the youth might be in their 40s.

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Historical Bluffton
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Richland Manor advisory board meets

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 19, 2013 - 11:59am

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Members of the Richland Manor Advisory Board, back row from left: Liz Abel, Janey Richards, Sue Hardwick, Janet Mauk, Sarah Foster, Deb Simpson and Pam Taylor.

Front from: Fred Steiner, Michael Richards, Roseline Cookey-Oruma, Nancy Landry, and Deb Curlis.

The board meets four times a year and hears updates from the administrator and staff members. The board also provides feedback to the administrator and staff from the community that Richland Manor serves.

The most recent meeting of the board was earlier this month.

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People
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