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The first-ever Heritage Day Festival takes place in Mt. Blanchard on Saturday, Aug. 20, beginning at 10 a.m. and lasting through fireworks that evening.  

The Beautification Committee, with help from village council, sponsors the event.

Watch the Icon for additional information later this summer.

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Citizens National Bank announces two staff member promotions.

Courtney Geus is now assistant vice president of retail lending. Nick Ardner is assistant vice president project manager.

Guess is responsible for the pricing, selling, delivery and servicing of all salable loans. She oversees underwriting for one to four family mortgages, home equity lines of credit, secondary market lending, Visa credit card and consumer lending.

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Here’s a First Mennonite Church confirmation class photo from the mid-1960s.

Front from left, Dan Lehman, Linda Reichenbach, Lu Shetler, Cynthia Weaver, Don Paterson.

Second row from left, Larry Mast, Sandra Dillman, Margo Reichenbach, Karyl Gratz, Phillip Pannabecker.

Third row from left, Dennis Gable, Susan Lehman, Coletta Lora, Dave Burkholder.

Fourth row from left, Richard Herr, Lee Cookson, Jack Kibele.

Top:  Rev. Jacob Friesen.

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Fire destroyed the Suter Produce barn on Pandora Road between Bluffton and Pandora in a Saturday evening blaze. The cause is not yet determined

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Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn Company is headed east this summer with a new franchise location in Harrisonburg, Va., announced Pete Suter, Shirley’s co-founder and CEO.

The store, in the heart of downtown Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley, will mark the company’s sixth overall location and first outside of Ohio.

Locally owned and operated by franchisees Rob and Lisa Roeschley of Harrisonburg, Va. and Wayne and Luisa Witmer of Broadway, Va., the new store is on schedule for an opening in the late summer.

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Burma Shave-type signs show up along Ride to Remember route

Viewers who checked out the Iconoclast View column see a vision of many Burma Shave signs in front of them.

The signs were created for Saturday’s Ride to Remember bike ride by Bluffton Public Library staff.

The signs were place along the various bike routes to keep bikers entertained. And, according to questionnaires filled out by participants following the ride, the signs were a big hit.

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