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The Icon spotted this plate on Main Street. It belongs to a dentist on South Main Street.

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Have you ever seen a cream separator - a true Bluffton original- or a Scott and Ewing engine, also made in Bluffton?

You can see those products and more in the window of The Black Lab Trading Co., 121 N. Main St. this month.

The Black Lab has partnered with the Bluffton Heritage Center Project to celebrate the sesquicentennial by displaying multiple historic items in their front window for the next month.

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Bluffton's Sesquicentennial Committee has provide an update to events planned here June 24 to July 2. The latest schedule follows:

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1) Festival of Wheels Car Show 2 pm on Friday, June 24.

2) Relay for Life Bluffton University Stadium starting at 4 pm on Friday, June 24. Fireworks will follow at dark.

3) The Sesquicentennial Grand Opening 11am to 3 pm on Saturday, June 25.

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The Bluffton Senior Center is busy getting ready for Bluffton's sesquicentennial.

"We have something planned for almost every day of the celebration," says director Tonya Meyer. "I am most excited about having all the former directors together for the parade."

The Senior Center will have a float in the parade as well as the Senior Center Bus. Riding on the float be former directors Vera Core, Betty Cookson and Rosemary Meyer as well as current director Tonya Meyer and some long time volunteers of the Center, Ralph Rammel and Ester Neff.

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Pandora council is looking at a $39,203 street improvement program this year.

Stan Schneck, village administrator, told council at it recent meeting that he received a quote for varioius street, alley, curb and gutter repairs.

The complete minutes from the meeting follow:

The Pandora Village Council met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
May 24, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the Municipal Building with Mayor, John Schlumbohm, presiding.

Members Present: Painter, Vance, Fricke, Hall, Stall
Members Absent: Blank

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Bluffton's Fair Trade Town status may interest Icon viewers in the latest issue of Fair Trade Town Crier. It is an e-mail resource for Fair Trade organizers.

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