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We don't know the meaning of SSWDNP, but it certainly means something and we welcome viewers' thoughts. The Icon found this plate on a red Lexus RX 350 in a Bluffton University parking lot.

The Pandora United Methodist Church will be host a free Community Meal on Wednesday, Jan. 31, from  5:30 to 7: p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington St., Pandora. 

The meal this month is provided by  the 7’oclock Flock. The menu is tomato soup, crackers, grilled cheese sandwich, relish tray, cake, beverage.

Bluffton University Jan. 23 Forum

Dr. Malinda Berry, assistant professor of theology and ethics, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, will present the Forum, “In Praise of Being Different: Nonconformity, Integrity, and Being Christian,” at 11 a.m. on Jan. 23 in Yoder Recital Hall.

And, what to expect in 2018

The year 2017 presented the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) with the opportunity to improve one of the area’s most valuable assets as the reconstruction and widening of Interstate 75 through Findlay and Hancock County began.

The project began in March.

“We accomplished what we hoped to in the first year of the project, even with weather setbacks, which included significant rainfall and flooding of some areas of Findlay and of the Interstate 75 project area,” said Kirk Slusher, ODOT District 1 deputy director.

Historic event 50 years ago is subject of Jan. 18 commemoration

FROM ADA ICON - Those who were at the historic event will share their memories of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s talk at Ohio Northern University during a panel discussion at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18 in the Freed Center. The discussion will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s talk at ONU’s Taft Gymnasium on Jan. 11, 1968.
 
The panel discussion, which kicks off a series of events to honor the occasion, is free and open to the public. It will culminate with the unveiling of a statue of Dr. King on April 17 outside of Taft Hall.
 

Although it was Thursday it seems like a long season ago when it was 60 degrees in Bluffton. Mayor Richard Johnson helps volunteers and the village crew take down the Ream holiday folk art display. (Dennis Morrison photo)

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