Note: America in Bloom judges will visit Bluffton July 19-20. To help viewers understand the Bloom judging process, each week on the Icon the Bluffton in Bloom board will describe one of the "Bloom" categories. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].
Did you know that two judges from America in Bloom will visit Bluffton on July 19-20 to evaluate what kind of town we live in? They will be judging Bluffton on several categories.
There are no excuses not to read this summer. Take it from the Bluffton Public Library. Here's what the library has in store for patrons this summer:
To kick off the 2018 “Libraries Rock” Summer Program, the Library Fun Day begins at noon on Monday, June 4, with an Indoor Picnic (Bring your own brown bag lunch).
Three Bluffton Family Recreation mini-camps are planned for youth, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director. Here are the details:
Writer’s Camp Wednesday-Thursday, June 6-7
1 to 3:30 p.m.
Ages 8 to 12
Enhance your writing skills. Campers will learn from guest speakers, write their own poems, enjoy snacks and take home a writer’s kit.
$15 for BFR member; $30 for non-members.
Pavement repairs are necessary for both lanes of northbound I-75, just south of the County Road 13/Lima Avenue overpass (north of the Hancock County Rest Stop), following an overnight accident. Currently, a timeline to reopen northbound I-75 is unknown.
The ramp to the rest area is closed to vehicles, however, the rest area is open and accessible to pedestrians stopped in traffic.
Motorists are being directed to State Route 235/Exit 145. Follow detour: SR 235, CR 313, CR 9, SR 12, northbound I-75.
In Bluffton we are fortunate to have curbside recycling to keep many of our recyclables out of landfills. But what about our food waste?
The public is invited to a free panel discussion about composting hosted by Transition Bluffton at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, in the 3rd floor Town Hall meeting room, 154 N. Main.
Join Sally Weaver Sommer, Jon Sommer and Wendy Chappell-Dick for a discussion about small scale and community composting. The program is designed for inexperienced and experienced composters alike.
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) will feature grilled hamburgers and hot dogs at its Tuesday, June, 5 PrimeTimers Luncheon.
Other menu items are macaroni salad, baked beans, potato chips, fresh fruit salad, assorted ice cream treats, cold drinks and coffee. The luncheon begins at noon at St. John Mennonite Church, 15988 Road 4, Pandora.
Elaine Wehri, accordionist, will provide the entertainment after lunch is served. There is no cost for the meal, but donations are accepted.
Two students from Bluffton were among 368 Manchester University, Indiana, graduates on May 19.
Students from Bluffton received a degree:
• Katie Breidenbach Wooding, cum laude, peace studies
• Luke Headings, environmental studies
Manchester University, with campuses in North Manchester and Fort Wayne, Ind., is a northeast Indiana leader in preparing students for a career, graduate school and other life goals.
Life in Bluffton changed forever in 1987. It’s changing again.
In 1987 the Jerry Lewis family opened a McDonald’s Restaurant on State Route 103. Thirty-one years later the restaurant had its third make over and this one cost more than the original building.
The Jerry Lewis Family Restaurants held a grand opening of its more than $1 million upgrade to its flagship restaurant on Tuesday. The design theme is “wood and stone.”
The Village of Bluffton's first mosquito spraying of the summer starts tonight, (Wednesday, May 30), according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.
He told the Icon that spraying is scheduled for every Wednesday, if necessary. Spraying will begin around dusk.
Depending upon weather conditions if spraying does not take place on Wednesday, it will occur on Thursdays.
