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BFR Sports & Fitness is offering a boot camp style class. TBC is similar to P90X, Crossfit and Insanity. Each workout is different and under the supervision of a staff trainer. Kettle bells, medicine balls, stability ball, free weights, and body weight will be used. Modification can be made for those who need it.

Classes are Monday -Friday 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m., Monday and Wednesday 5:30 to 6 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday 12:10 to 12:40 pm. Classes are free for BFR members and $5 for non members or you can purchase an aerobics card.

This was the scene on July 3 on Mound Street prior to power line repair. Residents of the neighborhood cleaned up the tree on Friday to make it easier for the crews when they arrive, yet it took several days to resolve the situation, according to residents of Mound.

Another elderly victim of the June 29 storm is the Herr country school. It is located on the corner of Bentley Road and Hillville Road.

This one-room school house has stood through hundreds of storms, but this latest one took its toll on this school.

(Photo provided by Dennis Morrison)

We didn't count the rings, but we are betting this tree is a centurian. The Buckeye fell during the June 29 severe wind storm. Accompaying this story is a video, which involves a walk around the tree.

Also accompanying this story is a photo taken Oct. 31, 1900, at the dedication of College Hall. there are several trees in the photo. This one would have been small. We can't claim to see it in this photo, but perhaps other Icon viewers see it.

CLICK ON IMAGE OF 1900 PHOTO TO ENLARGE

The American Red Cross cooling center in the Multi-Purpose Building of the Hancock County Humane Society will remain open on Thursday, according to Executive Director Todd James.

"Our operation of the cooling center will be decided on a day by day basis, based on the number of people coming to the center each day and the number of homes in the area still without power." James says the center served over eighty meals on the 4th of July.

Dancers' Elite will start its summer classes on Wednesday, July 11. Classes run for six weeks. Classes are in ballet, tap, jazz and tumbling. Ages 3 and up.

Call Debbie Garlock at 419-358-0900 or 419-235-0811 for more info or to register. Dancers' Elite is a member of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce and on Facebook.

Garlock is a graduate of Dance Educators of America and has been teaching dance for 37 years.

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