June 2019

And, there's still time to sign-up

Camps and clinics in July and sign-up is now underway, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.

Tumbling Clinic
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday, July 8-9-10
Ages 3-5, 10-11 a.m.
Ages 5-8, 10 a.m.-noon
$15 members; $30 non-members

6-8 grade basketball camp
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday, July 15-16-17-18
1-3 p.m.
T-shirt included if registered by July 1
$20 members; $40 non-members

Music teacher and softball coach in the UP; took her team to the regional finals

Icon: We understanding you are a high school teacher and softball coach.
Jenny: I teach and coach at Bark River-Harris High School in Michigan.

Icon: Where is it on the Michigan map?
Jenny: It’s in Harris, Michigan, about 10 miles northwest of Escanaba in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About 10 hours from Bluffton.

FDA approves new drug that treats breast, stomach and esophageal cancer

Note: this article was provided by ONU Healthwise Pharmacy. 
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved another biosimilar to a drug that treats breast, stomach and esophageal cancer.

This biosimilar is called Kanjinti (trastuzumab-anns). The FDA approved it because it appeared to have no meaningful differences from Herceptin (trastuzumab), which has already been approved.

Professor Gundy will discuss his family history research as well as his upcoming memoir, Wind Farm. Time for writing to follow. Register today!

Interested in Creative Nonfiction including memoirs, biographies, and family histories?

Dr. Antibus will explain which varieties of mushrooms are edible and how to grow them yourself. Be sure to register!

Ever wonder how you grow mushrooms and which varieties are edible? Learn from an expert! -- Dr. Robert Antibus, Professor Emeritus of Biology at Bluffton University, will present "Growing & Eating Mushrooms" on July 16 from 6-7 p.m. in Bluffton Public Library's lower level meeting room.

Those who register will not walk away empty-handed, so be sure to register by July 10. (Registration is required.) This program is free, and open to adults and teens. There will be time for questions at the end of the program.

By Chris Steffan, RN, ADON
Birchaven Village
Dementia is a general term used to describe various symptoms of cognitive decline including impairment in memory, communication and thinking, which is caused by damage to cells in the brain. The symptoms do not appear suddenly but build over time and become more noticeable. Damage can occur for many reasons including increased proteins inside and outside of brain cells, lack of oxygen to the brain, stroke, genetics, medication side effects, depression, alcohol use, and thyroid and vitamin deficiencies.

Written by Bluffton 6th graders in 1953-54

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 Vera Basinger and Doris Ann Niswander

Expect a crowd of between 2,000 and 2,500; plus fireworks!

We can’t wait until National Night Out. Can you?

It’s coming to Bluffton on Tuesday, Aug. 6, says Lt. Matt Oglesbee, of the Bluffton police department.

Last year the event gobbled down 2,400 hotdogs, 1,200 bags of chips and 2,500 caps of pop and water.

“This year looks like a repeat of last year,” said Oglesbee, who oversees the sixth annual Bluffton National Night Out, which is a community-police awareness-raising event. Bluffton's event is sponsored by the Bluffton police and Pandora police departments.

Bluffton Farmers Market is the place to be on Saturday mornings in town. According to the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, our town "boast the best farmers market in northwest Ohio." 

In celebration of our small but mighty farmers market, the Icon will be featuring a vendor each week over the course of the summer.

This week's feature vendor is Sweet Dream Gourmet.

Julie Brown is the owner of Sweet Dream Gourmet, specializing in jams, jellies and biscotti.

Village residents bring objections to Bluffton council

A “barnyard in Bluffton” question was posed to Bluffton council members on Monday.

Everett and Susan Collier, 109 Eurgo Court, speaking during the open session at the meeting, shared what they called a neighborhood concern of a Garmatter Street resident who has a pet pig living outdoors. Previously the neighbor also had several chickens, said the Colliers.

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