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The 2014 Miss West Central Ohio Pageant Scholarship Program will take place in Bluffton this summer.

In recent years the event was held in Van Wert, but this year it will take place in Yoder Recital Hall on the Bluffton University campus. This year's pageant takes place on Saturday, Aug. 9.

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Managing school crises was the theme of a two-day seminar held in the Bluffton town hall earlier this week.

The seminar was made possible from support of the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin counties.

The Critical Incident Stress Management Team of Allen County hosted the seminar.

Titled “Organizing School and Educational Setting Crisis Response Information,” those attending were professionals in a five-county area.

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“We are pleased to announce that progress on the named project has now moved to the next phase,” Dick Boehr told the Icon this week.

The announcement concerns the Shannon Cemetery Project. Click here for additional background on the project.

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The daily temperature highs and lows resemble lopsided basketball scores. Daily highs are in the 80s and lows in the low 60s.

To review June's daily temperatures and precipitation report, open the attachment at the bottom of this story. It is provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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The rainy weather skirted Bluffton on Friday, June 20, allowing the local Relay for Life event to be held at the university stadium.  While the final amount raised will not be formally announced for several weeks, it is anticipated that over $20,000 will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

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The United Way of Bluffton, Beaverdam, and Richland Township would like to thank all the local individuals, families, and businesses that helped make our 2014 campaign year a success, we met our goal of $24,500 in donations. 

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