Bluffton residents on the east side of Main Street will be receiving sidewalk letters in late May or early June in anticipation of a new sidewalk ordinance currently passing its way through Bluffton council.
Once the ordinance is in effect home owners east of Main Street have until May 1, 2014, to install a sidewalk, which conforms to the design standards set by the ordiance.
After May 1, 2014, the village will contract the sidewalk and bill the home owner. Should the bill not be paid in 30 days, the amount will be accessed to the taxes for a seven-year period.
Alex Hanna, Bluffton High School athletic director, provided the Icon with rosters of BHS spring sports teams. They are on attachments at the bottom of this story.
The Bluffton University baseball team was unable to get its offense ignited as Franklin College held off the Beavers 4-2 on Friday, April 5, in the opener of a three-game set with the Grizzlies.
Bluffton slipped to 12-10 overall and 3-5 in the Heartland Conference, while Franklin improved to 10-11 and 3-5 in the HCAC.
After three scoreless frames to open the game, Franklin needed just one single to put two runs on the board in the top of the third. Nick Stoia led off with a base hit to center before Jesse Wilson drew a four-pitch walk.
This week The Icon talked with Makenzy Dauterman, a student in Mrs. Kingsley’s class, Kiera Rieman (Raeburn), Reagan Mittendorf (Armstrong) and Anna Knauss (Bogart).
The Bluffton University softball team swept the Defiance College Yellow Jackets on Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Beavers won the first game, 11-9, and kept it going in game two, winning 12-4 in five innings. With the two wins, the Beavers improved to 13-11 overall and 5-1 in the Heartland Conference, while Defiance College fell to 9-11 overall and 2-4 in the HCAC one day after shocking #5 Trine University, 3-2.
