June 2010

Ka...BOOM! Bluffton celebrated the Fourth of July early with an amazing fireworks display on Saturday evening. Here's a view of the evening taken by Jamie Nygaard.

Bob Antibus, on sabbatical in Montana sent The Icon this plate he spotted. Could it read "easy being green"?

Icon viewers:

Ever wonder what to do with those plastic buckets from Suter's Strawberries?

Here are some ideas:

1. soak stained clothes overnight

2. collect waste water when you're brushing your teeth/washing up and pour it into the toilet for a recycled top-flush (it works!)

3. gather veggie scraps by your sink for the compost pile

4. make a car kit for your kids with coloring books, games and crayons for your summer vacation

5. use it to keep your glue gun and all your extra glue in one place

The dean's list for the spring semester at Bluffton University has been announced. Students with a GPA of 3.6 are eligible for the dean's list. Students whose cumulative GPA is at least 3.75 based on 20 semester hours receive distinction for continued high achievement, indicated by *.
Bluffton students include:
Megan Spallinger*
Lauren Paul
Megan McKamey
Gayle Zimmerman
Erin Weaver*
Chase Cupples (Cory-Rawson)
Sarah Binkley* (Cory-Rawson)
Brandon Herr
Devon Matthews

FOOD AVAILABLE DURING AMERIFEST

Downtown at Car Show

  • Jamaican Food
  • BBQ Ribs
  • Chicken
  • Fazoli's
  • Hamburgers
  • Fries
  • Onion Rings
  • Tenderloin
  • Pizza Steak
  • Fish, Shrimp
  • Mushrooms
  • Lugibihl's Ice Cream
  • Coffee
  • Pop
  • Water
  • Hot Dogs and Coneys
  • and more

Stadium at Relay for Life

SATURDAY DUNK TANK SCHEDULE:

1:30-2:30 CORY HUBER ("BHS 2010 graduate and nuisance")

3:00 Justin Crawfis (librarian~ Bluffton Public Library)

3:30 DAVID UTRUP (Bluffton's Comfort Inn)

4-5 Derek Hickey and Dylan Alt (Bluffton HS students)

5:00 DAVE SYCKS (Bluffton School's band teacher 4th grade-HS)

5:30 Dennis Gallant (Bluffton HS '91, attends St. John Mennonite, Rea & Associates in Lima)

The Icon spotted this at the Putnam County Fair. You can't spell every town in Ohio on a license plate. If you can, you must think quickly, before someone else gets the idea.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, announces the 50th anniversary of teaching by Julaine Boehm. On Sunday, July 18, is a celebration of this anniversary. Special services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with a meal at 12:30 p.m. and program to follow at 1:30 p.m. in the school gym.

Persons interested in sending a card or have special memories or pictures to share, please contact Linda Rausch at [email protected], or mail to Jill Woodward c/o Trinity Lutheran School 105 Allen St., Jenera, OH 45841.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, announces the 50th anniversary of teaching by Julaine Boehm. On Sunday, July 18, is a celebration of this anniversary. Special services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with a meal at 12:30 p.m. and program to follow at 1:30 p.m. in the school gym.

Persons interested in sending a card or have special memories or pictures to share, please contact Linda Rausch at [email protected], or mail to Jill Woodward c/o Trinity Lutheran School 105 Allen St., Jenera, OH 45841.

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DONATES PERCENTAGE

OF SALES TO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Shirley's Popcorn, Bluffton, is donating a percentage of its July, August and September sales to the Bluffton Public Library's "Buck$ for Book$" campaign.

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