News in Bluffton

This is an invitation to clean out closets, basements, garages of any used shoes or boots or sandals. BFR Sports & Fitness has partnered with Funds2orgs.com to collect used shoes that will be repurposed instead of going into landfills.  Shoes are collected by non-profit organizations across the country and then sent to community-based groups around the world to be repaired and resold or dismantled and recycled.

The Bluffton Lions Club is offering two $500 scholarships to 2015 graduating seniors in local schools. The scholarships will be paid directly to the school or college where the winningstudents will be enrolled.

Applications for these scholarships may be obtained through the guidance counselors in Bluffton, Pandora-Gilboa or Cory-Rawson school districts. Applications received by April 15, 2015 will be considered.

The Henry P. Huber Scholarship committee is currently accepting applications for the 2015-2016 school year.

Applications may be acquired from the guidance counselor at Bluffton High School, the superintendent's office in the Bluffton Elementary School and from the Citizens National Bank in Bluffton.

Applicants are required to submit with their application, whether a high school senior or currently enrolled in college, the most recent transcript of their academic program. 

Applications must be filed with the committee by May 25, 2015.

Bluffton police ask Icon viewers to be aware of a potential telephone scam taking place in the area. 

"We had a couple come into the police station today because they were contacted saying a family member needed “bail” money.  The entire incident was a hoax, and fortunately, the local residents contacted police to clear things up before anyone lost any money," Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief told The Icon.