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pears avenue: (perz av'enoo) A boutique specializing in mid-century, modern and vintage pieces; refurbished and repurposed home d'ecor.

Its front window offers an impressive view of Allen County Court House.

It's inside view offers a similar, impressive, selection of women's clothing. That selection attracts a loyal customer base from across Ohio including several from Bluffton.

It's Nitza's Ladies Boutique and Tailor Shop, downtown Lima at The Met Block, one of The Icon's newest advertisers. The Icon talked with owners Karen Barrington and Elizabeth Leis recently about their downtown Lima women's shop. Here's what we can share with Icon viewers:

Bluffton Diamond Sports spring and summer baseball and softball sign-ups are coming soon. The teams are for boys ages 7-14 and girls 8-14.

The registration form is avilable as a printer friendly attachment at the bottom of this story. Another attachment tells when forms may be turned in.

For more information contact Erinn Prater, 419-369-4191. Forms go to:
Bluffton Diamond Sports
750 E. College Ave.
Bluffton, OH 45817

Suddenly winter

Five inches of snow from Friday night to Saturday morning and suddenly it's winter. Out came the snowblowers, snowthrowers, snowmobiles, trucks with snow blades and pretty soon we'll see Frosty and friends. Here' the view Saturday morning on Elm Street.

Saturday Morning Junior League
Scores bowled on: Jan.14
Boys High Game
Tyler Snyder 192
Brandon Hemry 186
Brayton Businger 166

Girls High Game
Arielle O'Neal 109
Ashleigh King 85
Amy Marquart 85

Boys High Series (2 Games)
Tyler Snyder 369
Brandon Hemry 332
Kyle Kirkendall 284

Girls High Series (2 games)
Arielle O'Neal 199
Amy Marquart 159
Molly McCracken 155

The Bluffton University men's and women's soccer teams were among those who participated in the National Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday.

Karen Wagner, store manager for the Lima Habitat for Humanity Chapter ReStore, put out a call for volunteers to help move the thriving retail business to a new location.

The Bluffton men's and women's soccer and volleyball teams spent two days cleaning fixtures, unloading trucks, stocking shelves and doing a variety of tasks.

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