BFR will host a free Halloween party (scare free) on Sunday, Oct. 21, from 2-4 p.m. Games and crafts take place from 2-3 p.m. and costume judging is at 3 p.m.
BFR invites area businesses and organizations to contribute. There are several ways to contribute:
1 - Donation of prizes or candy for booths
2- Sets up and provides prizes for your choice of booth (BFR has ideas and materials)
3- Provides the cookies and/or drink for snack table
If home is where the hearth is, Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) warmed the hearth on Oct. 14. MHCO dedicated its Green House Homes located at Willow Ridge, directly across the road from Maple Crest Senior Living Communities.
The day-long celebration includes a visit from Dr. Bill Thomas of Ithaca, New York, founder of the Green House Project. Willow Ridge is the first Green House Homes in Ohio.
Attached are videos of the day (more videos to come), photos and literature explaining the project.
Here’s the thing about running shoes. Just when you find the pair you really really like, the company’s “experts” decide it’s time for a change. Ask any long time runner — change is not always a good thing.
By Bryan Kress
Despite stifling the Central Catholic offense and leading after half, Lima Central Catholic eventually found their rhythm to defeated Bluffton High School 43-10 on Friday night in Lima.
LCC had the advantage in yardage at 440-140.
The scoring started off in the first with a 45-yard touchdown run by LCC, which ended up being the only score for the T-Birds in the half.
Robbie Stratton would pick off a pass in the first and took it 24 yards for a score to tie the game at seven.
The Sommer Center had its first official walk through on Oct. 13 during Bluffton University homecoming. Several documents with information about the building, photos and videos of the event at available at the bottom of this story.
It was a crime to be "beardless" in Bluffton during the one-week August centennial in 1961. The only way men could stay out of jail was to purchase a pin giving them permission to shave.
Bill Hart was caught by the Keystone Kops of Findlay and was jailed because he lacked a beard and a permit to share. He was housed in a make-shift jail on Main Street until someone bailed him out.
The Icon spotted this Hancock County plate recently. We figure it either means chuck wagon and is owned by someone who is in the food service industry, or by a guy named Charles and it's his vehicle.
Beatrice A. "Bee" Lansing, 92, died at 8:20 a.m. Oct. 10, 2012, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
She was born Sept. 8, 1920, in Newark to Lorenzo Dell and Lorah Alice Dunn Glover, who preceded her in death. On Sept. 21, 1940, she married Floyd Franklin Lansing, who died Dec. 24, 1992.
Mrs. Lansing retired in 1970 as a supervisor from Triplett Electric Corp. after 17 years. She was a member of Ada Full Gospel Church. She lived most of her life in Ada. She was a member of Hix'n Chix Square Dance Club, Maysville. She had been owner of Northland Mobile Home Court, Ada.
