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Nails by Joan evolves into Polished Nail and Body Salon

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 26, 2010 - 12:24pm
Joan Fredericks gives a manicure to Jeff Boehr, owner of the building housing Polished Nail and Body Salon

Joan Fredericks remembers when she "wanted to get her fingernails done." But, there was no such business in Bluffton, so she did something about it. She started her own nails shop.

Five years later, Nails by Joan grew and expanded. Now, the 417 N. Main St. business has a new name, many new services and much more room to handle customer needs.

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Not driven by horsepower

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 26, 2010 - 12:20pm

What kind of an animal drives this vehicle? The Icon spotted this plate in the parking lot at Groves Bears and Antiques

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Mary Avon Sommers 1920-2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 26, 2010 - 11:11am
Mary Avon Sommers

Mary Avon Sommers, 90, of Pandora died at 12:50 a.m. Dec. 26, 2010 at Bluffton Hospital. She was born Feb. 21, 1920 in Pleasant Township, Putnam County, to Alvin and Avon Geiger Lugibihl. On Dec. 15, 1939, she married Donavin Sommers and he preceded her in death on May 1, 1997.

Mrs. Sommers was a homemaker. She had worked at the Pandora-Gilboa school cafeteria, Welty-Schumacher Egg Co., Pandora, and the Imperial Discount Grocery, Bluffton.

She was a member of the Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Bluffton, and a graduate of Pandora High School.

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Retro Bluffton Christmas

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 25, 2010 - 6:43pm
Retro Bluffton Christmas

Perhaps the most striking residential Christmas lawn displays in Bluffton belongs to Janette and Sam Reineke of South Main Street.

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Need a little post-Christmas cash? Sell it in a free Icon classified

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 25, 2010 - 6:36pm

Christmas is over. Want to earn a little cash to pay off some bills? Remember that The Icon's classified ads are free (except for vehicles and properties for sale). We're not suggesting you unload any white elephant Christmas gifts. But, we won't tell if you do.

Icon classifieds have the extra punch of allowing persons to submit jpg photos at no charge.

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15 minutes with MPS, APS, LBS and NFS

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 25, 2010 - 4:22pm
APS, LBS and MPS - Christmas 1990

Here's an edited version of a 15-minute Christmas discussion with Fred, Mary, Lindsay and Anne Steiner about Christmases past.

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