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The Icon spotted this pet lover plate in the Bluffton Hospital parking lot.

Everett Collier, Bluffton postmaster, asked The Icon to post a recent update involving first-class mailing prices. A printer-friendly list of current postal rates may be found on the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Apollo Career Center will hold a second public auction for the Apollo house, Monday, June 27 at 5:30 p.m.

The house is a 1700-square-foot vinyl ranch and is located on a wooded lot in Cridersville at 853 Hasting Avenue. The interior includes three bedrooms, two full baths, Granite counter tops and custom cabinets.

In past years, plans were submitted to Apollo by interested parties, and a
house was chosen on the basis of location, and how the plans matched with student skills.

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.

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

NOTE: A PRINTER-FRIENDLY SCHEDULE IS AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

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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