Bluffton University is pleased to announce that Dr. Cynthia Bandish, professor of English, is one of a select group of faculty members nationwide chosen by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) to participate in a special week-long seminar on Teaching European Art in Context.
The seminar, “Art and Society in Britain, Hogarth to Turner (1730– 1851),” will be held at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Conn., July 21–26, 2019.
Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University Healthwise Pharmacy. Enbrel's new biosimilar recently got the green light it needed to treat several inflammatory health conditions.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Eticovo (etanercept-ykro). The FDA approved this new biosimilar to treat multiple inflammatory conditions, which include the following:
Note: Bluffton sixth graders in the 1953-54 school year (graduating class of 1960) created a booklet titled "The Bluffton Story." The following article is part of that booklet, which is now in the history collection at the Bluffton Public Library. This series continues each week on the Icon. By Sandra Diller and Connie Patterson
Bluffton's first post office was started in 1837 with a Daniel Gobel as postmaster. Mr. Gobel received a salary of fifteen dollars a year and mail was distributed at the post office once a month.
By Brenda Keller, CNP Gastroenterology Associates of Northwest Ohio
Outbreaks of hepatitis A are taking place in several states throughout the country, including our neighboring states of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and West Virginia.
In Ohio, the greater Cincinnati area is leading the state in the number of confirmed hepatitis cases. The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) declared a statewide community outbreak of hepatitis A after observing an increase in cases linked to certain risk factors since the beginning of 2018.
Registration for several Bluffton Family Recreation classes are now underway, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.
Youth soccer camp
The camp is for U-8 to U-15 boys and girls held from Monday to Thursday, June 17-21. Camp times are 10 a.m. to noon at Steinmetz Field on Harmon Road. Jared Byers, BHS girls’ varsity soccer coach, leads the camp. Cost: $20 members; $40 non-members.
Glow volleyball tournament
The tournament is Saturday, June 1, and is coed 6v6 indoors. Team fee is $75. Cash prizes are awarded.
Note: Greenhorn will hold its official public opening with established hours soon. Until then, it holds small and private events. Contact Jonah Agner at The Food Store for more details. Jonah Agner and Bob Bell of Findlay are the restaurant owners.
Greenhorn, a new Bluffton restaurant at 112 Vine St., – formerly Bystillwaters Bistro – plans a pre-opening event Saturday, May 18, with all-you-can-eat sweets and a concert by its very own house band.
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We’re accepting nominations for our PromoCares program where we donate 5% of our product totals to charities. We’re looking for charities to benefit from July – December this year.
We already have over $10,000 in donations that is benefiting our current charities!
A massive two-day youth soccer tournament will bring upward to 1,000 persons to Bluffton this weekend.
It’s the Bluffton Soccer American Cup event held Saturday and Sunday on the Bluffton University soccer fields. The Bluffton Soccer Club sponsors this annual two-day tournament.
According to Ron Koontz and Dan Lee, tournament directors, the weekend event includes 30 teams from Bluffton and surrounding communities. Competing teams are recreational U-12 and U-15.
