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A free community fireworks takes place at 9:30 p.m., Saturday, June 28, at the Bluffton University Salzman Stadium. Here is a map showing the layout of the field. 

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Former Bluffton insurance agent, Bruce G. Shelly, 81 of Temple Terrace, Fla., died June 25, 2014. He was born in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Wilmer and Emma Shelly on Feb. 16, 1933.

Mr. Shelly graduated from high school in Boyertown, Pa., and graduated in Business Administration from Bluffton College.

After serving the U.S. Army Signal Corp as a cryptographer in Okinawa, he married his wife, Marilyn, on Aug. 30, 1957 in Gomer, Ohio. He was a Nationwide insurance agent in Bluffton for 31 years, earning membership into the Nationwide President’s Club.

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We're not in Bluffton anymore. The Icon took a trip east to Jenera recently. Here's a view of the large Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown Jenera.

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Here's The Dough Hook's Troyer cheese sale details going on now:

• Smoked Swiss, $5.99 a pound
• Smoked cheddar, $5.99 a pound
• Provolone cheese, $4.99 a pound

The Dough Hook is at 117 N. Main St., Bluffton
419-369-4264

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Managing school crises was the theme of a two-day seminar held in the Bluffton town hall earlier this week.

The seminar was made possible from support of the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin counties.

The Critical Incident Stress Management Team of Allen County hosted the seminar.

Titled “Organizing School and Educational Setting Crisis Response Information,” those attending were professionals in a five-county area.

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