You are here

Home

All Bluffton Icon News

Take a look at what's happening in March at BHS

Spring musical, Dr. Dolittle, will be performed outdoors June 4-6
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2021 - 1:39pm

Several activities are underway this month at Bluffton High School. Here is a summary from the school website:

Audition for the musical Dr. Dolittle will be held on Wednesday and Thursday. The sign-up sheet and try out information is outside of the choir room. The musical will be performed outdoors, June 4 through 6.

A track and field sign-up sheet IS in the office for any student interested in being on the track team. Track practice begins on Monday, March 8, in the high school gym after school. Participants must have an up to date physical on PRIVIT ahead of time.

Section: 
Regional news
»

Music Booster barbecue tickets on sale

March 27 event includes a virtual concert
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2021 - 1:23pm

The Bluffton school Music Booster chicken barbecue takes place Saturday, March 27, from 4-6 p.m. as a take-out only event.

Tickets are available in the middle school and high school offices. Tickets are  $8 until March 19, when the price goes $8.50.

There will be a virtual concert that evening. The dinners are being provided by Bubba C’s and include one-half chicken, macaroni and cheese, green beans and a dinner roll.

The dinners need to be picked up at Bubba C’s location, at the corner of Jefferson Street and Jackson Street, Bluffton.

Section: 
Events
»

Joan Badertscher was a Bluffton College graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2021 - 1:10pm

D. Joan Badertscher, 83, of Dover, Ohio, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.

Joan grew up near Trail, Ohio, and was a graduate of Walnut Creek High School. She was also a graduate of Bluffton College, where she met her future husband Daryl Badertscher. They were married on June 9, 1957, and celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary this past year. Joan began her career teaching elementary education in the Lima City School System.

The family moved to Sugarcreek, Ohio, in 1961 and then to Dover, Ohio, in 1965. 

Section: 
Obituaries
»

Bluffton's Woodcock power plant

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2021 - 10:19am

Jim Diller shared this photo of Bluffton's Woodcock power plant with the Icon. It was originally a color slide taken by his father, Paul.

For viewers who may be unaware, the site of John's Body Shop on Lake Street was once a coal-fired power plant. It was razed in the 1980s.

The photographer captured the plant and the trees in a perfect reflection in the National Quarry on a summer afternoon.

Section: 
Historical Bluffton
»

Icon book review: Nomadland

Where positive thinking is an all-American coping mechanism
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2021 - 10:54pm

Reviewed by Robert McCool
Nomadland (W.W.North, ISBN978-0-393-24931-6) has all that a non-fiction book should have: the what, the who, the when, and most importantly, the why. It is a handbook on “Surviving America In The Twenty-First Century” as it states in its sub-title.

First off, it's a book about a growing subculture here in America, one that carries its home around on its back around the country and settles in no place for long. They refer to themselves as “rubber tramps” because they live on the open road with far-flung destinations.

Section: 
Columnists
»

Forgotten Bluffton: A 95-year-old high school tradition

Originally called "Annual Leaves," we call it "Buccaneer"
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2021 - 8:49pm

Here's a recap of the beginning of a 95-year-old Bluffton tradition, today part of forgotten Bluffton.

In many cases this 95-year tradition is the only thing, except for a scrapbook or two, that most Bluffton High School alumni still have on their bookshelf.

We know it as the Bluffton High School yearbook, aka “Buccaneer.”

The first edition was published in 1925-26.

Section: 
Columnists
»

Pages