August 5: National Night Out is·6:00 – 9:00 p.m. followed by Fireworks - Bluffton Community Pool, 205 Snider Rd. Free admission, free activities, free food.
It was tea time at Maple Crest on May 15. Make that "traditional tea time." Amelia Stauffer and Marge Lafolette, who tea experts talked about how tea plays an important part of many cultures during an afternoon program in the Patio Room.
Refreshments includes spinach pinwheels, fresh fruit cups, lemon curd tarts and tea and vanilla chai.
Don't worry if you missed the program. The Icon made a video. We suggest you brew a cup of your favorite tea, sit down in a comfortable chair and hit "play" on the YouTube.
Have car problems? Ask Zach Cozadd, BHS and Apollo student to check it out. He can probably find the problem.
Cozadd was among 20 high school students from across Ohio who recently put their knowledge of automobiles to the test as they competed in the 63rd annual Ford/AAA Auto Skills State Competition at Owens Community College.
The top teams were awarded scholarships and prizes with the championship team also advancing to the National Finals at the Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, Mich., June 10-12.
Abbey Rieman puts some ONU Orange on the street in front of Bluffton High School. BHS seniors officially painted the street on May 15. Abbey plans on attending neighboring Ohio Northern University.
Darrell E. Kent, 77, died at 1:01 a.m. May 14, 2012, at Lima Memorial Health System.
He was born Sept. 26, 1934, in Uniopolis to Russell and Dorothy Miller Kent, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 7, 1955, he married D. Jacqueline Sampson, who survives in Ada.
Mr. Kent retired as a machinist from General Dynamics, Lima, and ran his own shoe repair shop in Ada. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Ada. He was a graduate of Waynesfield High School. He had served as chief of the Ada Fire Department.
Two Bluffton police officers, who died in the late 1920s, were recognized in a special service of remembrance held by the police department part of of a National Police Week.
Rick Skilliter, police chief, presided over the service, which followed the Monday evening council meeting.
Honored were Officer Owen Grandstaff and Officer Frank Herrmann.
On March 26, 1927, Grandstaff arrested a suspect for writing a bad check and was in the process of walking him to the Bluffton jail when the suspect escaped custody.
