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Betty Cookson, Jean Schumacher receive lifetime membership awards at Sr. Citizen dinner

April's Bluffton Senior Citizens dinner is at 6 p.m., Monday, April 11, at the Center, 132 N. Main St. Bob Minto will provide a pottery demonstration as the featured program.

Two members will receive life memberships for reaching their 90th birthday. The two are Betty Cookson, who is a former director of the Senior Center, and Jean Schumacher.

The meal will be catered by the Pandora Lifters. The cost of the meal is $7.

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Senior Center spring garage sale April 15-16

Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St., will hold its spring garage sale Friday and Saturday, April 15-16. Friday hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A garage sale half-price and clean up takes place on Monday, April 18.

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zero, one, zero, one

The Icon spotted this plate downtown. Unusual because its first number following CT is a zero.

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SBA extends incident period for February-March flooding

The SBA has extended the incident period to March 14 for its Ohio disaster declaration in response to additional damages that occurred several days following the severe storms and flooding that began on Feb. 27. The declaration covers Auglaize and Marion counties and the adjacent counties of Allen, Crawford, Darke, Delaware, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Morrow, Shelby, Union, Van Wert and Wyandot in Ohio.

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BFR announces ambitious fundraising goal for 2011

The BFR board of directors has set a goal of $25,000 for the 2011 annual campaign. According to the Director Carole Enneking, "This goal amount is a lofty one, but will allow us to make some very important upgrades to the facility."

A Power Point attachment at the bottom of this story explains the campaign in greater detail.

Projects on the list include:

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Are their eight others?

The Icon spotted this plate at Southgate Lanes. Are their eight earlier models?

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