August 2015

When are this year's musical concerts?
How about days school is not in session?
When's the spring all-school drama?

The answers to those questions and more are on the Bluffton school website.

As the 2015-16 school year is now about one week away, the daily school calendars are starting to fill up.

The all-school daily calendar is on the school website.

Icon viewers may click here to access the calendar, which starts with August.

The August Bluffton elementary school newsletter is now on the school website. Here is the back-to-school information from the newsletter.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES:  The school supply list is posted on the school website. Kindergarten student supplies will be furnished in their classrooms. 

MEET THE TEACHER:  We will hold our “Meet the Teacher” on Friday, Aug. 28, from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. in the elementary school. 

Theory Expats will perform in tonight's (Thursday, Aug. 20) Town Hall Concert Series. The performance is at 7 p.m. on the third floor, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick.

WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW.

She describes the group this way: "Theory Expats are a folksy swingin' band based in Goshen, Ind., featuring Andrew Pauls, Ethan Setiawan and Sadie Gustafson-Zook.

The Mount Cory and Pleasant View UM Churches will begin a new program
beginning Wednesday, Sept. 2, called "Worship on Wednesdays" (WOW.)  The program and bible study will be available for people of all ages.

The bible study will use Max Lucado and Randy Frazee's book "The Story,"
which is a study of the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation in story form.  WOW is open to the public and will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bethel Family Life Center, 201 W.
Washington St., Mount Cory.

Bluffton's Aaron Belcher was medalist, firing a 37, in a quad-match. Following the match the competiting teams had the following records.

Ada 1-3 overall 1-2 league
Allen East 2-1 overall 2-0 League
Bluffton 0-6 overall 0-3 league
Lincolnview 6-0 overall 3-0 league

Results for an additional quad-match with Spencerville, Lincolnview and Delphos Jefferson are also below.

For individual player scoring open the attachment below.

David John Hooley, 64, died Aug. 18, 2015 at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay, after a year's illness resulting from a brain tumor. 

David was born June 28, 1951, in Massillon, Ohio, to Clarence and Nettie (Classen) Hooley who preceded him in death. On April 14, 1990, he married Jane Myers Hooley who survives.

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"The Aug. 4 National Night Out was a huge success," Matt Oglesbee of the Bluffton Police Department, told the Icon. "But it didn't happen on its own. Many sponsors made donations.

Those sponsors are listed below:

National Sponsors
ADT
Nextdoor.com
Associa 
FunFlicks

Bluffton HIgh School girls' tennis team defeated Ottawa-Glandorf 3-2 and lost to Shawnee 3-2 in recent meets.

Individual results are in the attachments below.

 

   
 

The Arlington Boy Scout Troop 318 will hold at hog roast from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 22, in the Arlington Park.

Tickets are $8. Meals are for both take out or eat at the park. Meals include a dessert and drink in addition to the main course.

 

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