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Pandora couple killed in car accident in Florida

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2013 - 1:31pm

Two Pandora residents were killed on March 3 in Florida when their vehicle collided with a police car.

The Fort Myers, Florida, News-Press reported that the couple, John and Marilyn Steffen of Pandora, stopped their 2003 Cadillac shortly after 9:30 a.m. at an intersection before turning left when they were hit on the driver’s side by a Lee County, Florida, police cruiser.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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We might say "welcome to the new and improved" Bluffton Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2013 - 1:25pm

Icon viewers will notice several improvements to our home page today. But, please, pardon our mess – renovations are still underway.

Our continued enhancements to The Icon will make it easier for the nearly 1,000 viewers who check the Icon each weekday. (Some days its higher than 1,000). Ryan Lowry, our technical director, is putting these changes in place.

We’ve basically added an entire new page to the home page and the improvements aren’t entirely completed.

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Iconoclast View
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Findlay ranked second top micropolitan community in the U.S. in 2012

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2013 - 10:51am

 

Findlay, Ohio has been ranked the second best micropolitan community in the U.S. for new and expanding facilities for 2012 by Site Selection magazine, the official publication of the Industrial Asset Management Council.

The magazine ranked 576 of the nation’s micropolitan areas, cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people which cover at least one county. The Findlay/Hancock County region has ranked well for many years, and moved up from a 6th place ranking in 2011.

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Business
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Jeffrey Scott Graham received the National Defense Service Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2013 - 10:41am

Jeffrey Scott Graham, 45, passed away at 6:20 p.m. March 1, 2013 at Richland Manor Nursing Home. He was born on April 23, 1967, in Lakewood, to Robert B. & Karen L. Eke Graham.

He was a 1985 graduate of Bluffton High School. He then entered the United States Navy, where he had top-secret clearance, received the National Defense Service Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal, worked in Electronic Warfare, and was honorably discharged in 1991, as an EW3.

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Obituaries
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Trinity Lutheran, Jenera, mid-week Lenten service March 6

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2013 - 10:37am

Midweek Lenten services continue at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, on Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. 

Pastor Al Schmitzer will speak on "Names of Wondrous Love-Christ Crucified" and the Men's Choir will sing "Jesus Let Me Dedicate".  A light supper will be served from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. by the Sunday Morning Adult Bible Class. 

Everyone is welcome and the church is handicapped accessible.  More information is atwww.tlcjenera.org

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Worship
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James Bertsche, missionary to Africa, was born in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2013 - 10:28am

James E. Bertsche, 91, of Goshen, Ind., died at 9:55 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at Greencroft Health Care after a three month illness.

He was born June 20, 1921 in Bluffton, Ohio to Harry and Emma Steiner Bertsche. He married Genevieve “Jenny” Shuppert June 9, 1946, in South Bend, Ind.

She survives along with three children, Sandra (Rod King) of Goshen, Linda (Jim Yoder) of Port au Prince, Haiti and Tim (Laura Gilbertson) of Morton, Illinois; a sister, Ruth Covington, and seven grandchildren. Local survivers include two first-cousins, Alice Niswander and Fred Steiner.

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Obituaries
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