Beginning the week of Oct. 25, area youth may participate in a variety of sport and movement programs at BFR Sports & Fitness.
Children in kindergarten through grade 2 can choose from basketball (Thurs. 3:30PM) and football (Tues. 3:30PM) skills classes. Dodgeball continues on Fridays at 3:30PM for youth in kindergarten through grade 8.
Saturday, Oct. 16, marked an important day for the Bluffton cross country teams. It was the Northwest Conference Championship race: the last and most important regular-season meet.
Two Pirates earned All-Conference honors for Bluffton: Matthew Herron and Hannah Chappell-Dick, each placing 2nd overall.
The University Singers from Ohio Northern University will perform at First United Methodist Church, Bluffton at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct.27. The concert is part of the choir's fall tour.
The select, 47-voice choir will perform a variety of works including classical and spiritual pieces. The performance is in the sanctuary at 116 Church St.. The public is invited. Admission is free; a free-will offering will be accepted to help cover the choir's expenses.
NierDeveloper: Cavia, Inc.
Platform: Playstation 3, Xbox 360Rating: M for Mature
Similar games: Folklore, Zelda, Darksiders
Japanese powerhouse publisher Square Enix saved most of its 2010 marketing thunder for a little title called Final Fantasy XIII (read my fawning review in the Icon's archives!). A little over a month after that game hit western shelves, Square quietly published Nier, and here's where things get funky.
Families are invited to BFR for an afternoon of Halloween activities on Sunday, Oct. 24, from 2-4 p.m.The event is free and open to the public.
Activities will include crafts and game stations including "pin the arm on the skeleton," color sheets, cornhole/bean bag toss, pumpkin match game, and obstacle course.
The Bluffton Icon welcomes six new advertisers this month. The Icon now has 27 local businesses advertising their products and services.
"We are grateful for the support of viewers and advertisers," said Fred and Mary Steiner of The Icon.
Those advertisers recently joining The Icon include Jeanne's Kitchen on Vine Street. You'll notice the restaurant's menu listed on the classified-display ad page.
Also new is Jeff Laing's Born Again, LLC, general contractor business.
As Bluffton University's first international graduate student, Hassan Mosoka (Ha-san Mo-SO-ka) brings a whole new world to this American culture, a world where community is so prominent that birthdays are not celebrated individually, a world where mothers call their children by one name and their fathers by another, and a world where favorites are a foreign concept.
