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At BHS vs. Spencerville basketball game

The Bluffton High School home boys' varsity basketball game on Friday, Jan. 19, between Spencerville and BHS  will be Military Appreciation Night, according to Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director.

All current members of the military, military veterans, spouses, and children of anyone currently deployed will be get free admission.

It was a Bluffton-based company in the 1940s

Note: The Icon acquired a manuscript titled “A Brief History of Bluffton’s Industrial Developments.” This publication was prepared by the classes in Marketing and Small Business Administration from Bluffton College, under the director of Dr. Howard Raid. Publication date is May 1959. We’ve updated some current addresses so viewers may identify locations.

Oldaker Manufacturing Company

Emergency Preparedness Tuesday, town hall, 7 p.m.

Transition Bluffton will host a meeting at the Bluffton town hall at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Randy Augsburger will be speaking on Emergency Preparedness. Augsburger previously spoke at Bluffton Public Library for September’s Emergency Preparedness Month last year. 

Augsburger will be covering how to take practical steps to prepare your family for emergencies, assess your own preparedness, and deal with major and minor disasters that could reasonably happen in northwest Ohio. 

Here's the Bluffton College Beavers men's basketball team from 1941-42. A. C. Burcky was the coach. Player names are under the photo.

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.

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