April 2011

Here's one you don't see everyday in downtown Bluffton. The Icon spotted this Big Sky - Montana plate on Main Street last week.

Click on image to enlarge - Doug holding his son Kevin during a business visit to Bluffton

Doug Moneer of Lima was in Bluffton on Friday promoting his Super Hero Pooper Scoopers business. The business is an advertiser on The Icon.

Super Hero Pooper Scooper, a pet waste service, is expanding into Bluffton. Moneer, 341 Laney Ave., Lima, is offering the service.

"The benefits from my service is that it saves busy pet owners' time and the hassle of cleaning up their pet's dirty business and it keeps yards maintained from pet waste."

Moneer is now scheduling appointments in the Bluffton and surrounding areas.

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Panache, Bluffton's newest business, which opened on March 23, held a ribbon cutting on April 10, sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.

Persons participating in the event, from right to left, are Jasmine Whitlow, Tammy Whitlow, Jamie Jackson, Robyn Smith, Doug Smith, Renee Smith, Lyle Smith, Olivia Schulte, Alexia Schulte, Autumn Schulte, Hunter Smith, Tanner Pinks and Teresa Pinks.

On Thursday, April 14, The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library will host a formal Tea with the Lincolns, featuring President Abraham and Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln as portrayed by Roger and Judy Jenot of Carey.

The tea begins at 5:45 p.m. and will be held in the library's Richland Room.President Lincoln and his first lady will speak about their experiences from the 1800s.

The Jenots bring a wealth of experience to these roles: they have traveled to many places associated with the Lincoln family and the Civil War era.

After a very cold and busy opening week of softball, the Bluffton Lady Pirates welcomed the Spencerville Bearcats Thursday night at Harmon Field in conference play.

The Pirates coming off back to back losses to Perry hoped to warm up the bats against the Bearcats.

The Pirates quickly went on the attack scoring 11 runs in the first inning to lead 11-0. Spencerville came alive in the third inning scoring one run and then adding three more the next inning.

Louise Matthews (back left, with guitar), director of Bluffton University's Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center, and several education students in the university's Developmental Curriculum class lead Bluffton second graders in song during a workshop in Burcky Gym on April 6-Civic Engagement Day on campus.

The day capped yearlong exploration of the university's 2010-11 civic engagement theme, "Living with Enough: Responding to Global Poverty."

The Bluffton University baseball team fell to Heartland Conference rival Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 4-1, on Saturday, April 9. With the loss, the Beavers dropped to 9-14 overall with a 1-7 mark in the HCAC. The Engineers improved to 15-8 with a 5-3 conference record.

In the top of the first, the Engineers took advantage of an early error to generate two runs when Derek Dauenbaugh doubled home Bobby Newman and Donald Stopka for a 2-0 lead.

Here's an east coast plate not seen often in the midwest. It's from Maryland. The Icon spotted it on Main Street.

Bluffton University students make "homes" from cardboard boxes in which to spend the night at a Poverty Awareness Sleep Out on April 6.

Nine students slept on the Shoker Science Center lawn during the event, which was hosted by the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity as part of Civic Engagement Day at Bluffton. The day capped yearlong exploration of the university's 2010-11 civic engagement theme, "Living with Enough: Responding to Global Poverty."

The Bluffton EMS will hold a chicken barbecue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, April 10. Serving is at the EMS building, behind the fire station on Main Street.Tickets are available for $6 each. Tickets are available from Jan Basinger at 419-236-1965, or by contacting any EMS member.

The meal includes one-half chicken, baked potato, green beans and a roll. Proceeds benefit the Bluffton EMS.Desserts are available for additional cost provided by and to benefit Bluffton First United Methodist youth group.

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