By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls tennis team lost 4-1 to visiting Van Wert Thursday evening.
The Lady Pirate netters drop to 8-6 with the defeat.
Senior Erin Hotmire posted the lone Bluffton win at first singles. The Pirate ace cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Grace Lott to improve to 13-3 this season.
Pirate junior Olivia Barnes lost a tough match at second singles by a 6-4, 7-5 score.
Bluffton plays at Archbold Saturday, September 21 at 11 a.m.
By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Bluffton Farmers Market is the place to be on Saturday mornings in town. According to the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, our town "boasts the best farmers market in northwest Ohio."
In celebration of our small but mighty farmers market, the Icon will be featuring a market vendor each week over the course of the summer.
By Cort Reynolds
PAULDING - The visiting Bluffton volleyball club defeated Paulding in four sets in a Northwest Conference match Thursday night.
The Lady Pirates improved to 10-5 and 3-1 in the NWC with the 25-19, 21-25, 25-21, 25-22 victory. Paulding fell to 5-6 overall and 1-2 in the NWC with the defeat.
Taylor Schwab led the Pirates with 18 kills, 18 digs and three aces. Kylie Stackouse knocked down 13 kills and added 10 digs to go along with five aces and three blocks.
The Area Agency on Aging 3 will host an event to promote Falls Prevention Awareness Day on Monday, Sept. 23, from 10 a.m. to noon. at the Area Agency on Aging 3, 2423 Allentown Road, Lima, next to Tom Ahl and across from Walmart.
Several community partners, including two Ada and one Bluffton organizations, will participate to educate, increase awareness, and help provide resources on falls and fall prevention for our older adults.
Carol A. Shapter, 74, of Bluffton died Sept. 19, 2019, at Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center newly developed emergency medical center has received its initial accreditation.
The Emergency Medicine Residency Program is a three-year program and is approved for a total of 18 accredited resident positions. Medical student candidates will be able to apply in the fall 2019 and St. Rita's will participate in the 2020 National Resident Matching Program. The first class of six residents will start July 1, 2020.
The Bluffton Schools will hold a district-wide open house on Monday evening, Sept. 23. The elementary school will be open from 6-7 p.m., the middle school from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., and the high school from 7-8 p.m.
Several community organizations will have booths set-up in the elementary gymnasium and information will be available on ways to provide support to the school and community. The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) will be offering baked goods for donations in the elementary gymnasium, as a fundraiser.
Blanchard River Watershed Partnership receives a $142,020 grant for the “Innovative Use of the Nutrient Tracking Tool in the Lower Riley Creek watershed.”
Watch the brief video at the bottom explaining watersheds.
The Great Lakes Commission has awarded the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) a $142,020 grant under the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program (GLSNRP).
Poet Matt Hart will give a public reading at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Marbeck Center’s Kreider Room at Bluffton University.
Hart is the author of “Radiant Action,” “Radiant Companion,” and several other collections of poetry. His awards include a Pushcart Prize, a 2013 individual artist grant from The Shifting Foundation and several fellowships. Additionally, he is cofounder and the editor-in-chief of “Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking and Light Industrial Safety.”
Hart lives in Cincinnati where he teaches at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
