Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton, will hold an assisted living open house from 1 to 3 p.m., Thursday, March 12. For more information on the event call Brenda at MMH at 419-731-0080.
A $21 million project beginning this month will resurface Interstate 75 between Napoleon Road just south of the village of Beaverdam and state Route 235 three miles north of the village of Bluffton in Allen and Hancock counties.
The project also includes the reconstruction of Interstate 75 at state Route 696 in Beaverdam. Traffic will be maintained through the work zone. Work is expected to begin in March 2020 and is anticipated to complete in October 2020.
Hunter Hermiller recently joined Northwest Physical Therapy as an occupational therapist, announced Daniel Settlage of the local health services provider.
Hermiller is a 2014 graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School and holds a bachelor's degree and master's of occupational therapy degree from the University of Findlay.
She has experience as a home health aide and STNA. Northwest Physical Therapy has an office in the Bluffton Family Recreation building, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.
Sherlyn R. Lugibihl, 78, of Bluffton died March 5, 2020, at Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
Three familiar faces secured All-Heartland Conference recognition when the HCAC handed out its post-season hardware on Wedneday, March 4. Headlining the Bluffton selections was senior Andrew Renner (Cairo/Bath) who is the first Beaver to be named First Team All-HCAC since 2016-17 when Austin Rohde was honored. Isaiah Taylor (Yellow Springs) and Dezman Brown (Elyria) both notched Honorable Mention acclaim following the 2019-20 campaign.
Tickets are available for the Thursday, March 12, performance by professional brass quintet at 7 p.m. in Bluffton University’s Yoder Recital Hall. The group has performed at venues including concert halls, music festivals and corporate events, and provides a unique approach to a brass quintet concert.
THIS EVENT IS RE-SCHEDULED FOR MAY 9. WATCH THE ICON FOR MORE DETAILS COMING IN APRIL.
A spring local vendor pop up shop features 12 vendors from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 14, at The Centre of Bluffton, according to Cindy Luginbuhl, one of the event planners.
Featured vendors include:
• Rodan+Fields
• Color Street
• LuLaRoe
• Thirty One
• Tupperware
• Plunder
• DoTerra
• Younique
• Tastefully Simple
• Scentsy
• Norwex
• Pampered Chef
Bluffton Area Ministerial Association will hold a World Day of Prayer service at noon on Friday on the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn, according to Rev. Jeremy Mann.
In the event of bad weather, the service will take place in the Twisted Whisk.
The service will be brief and is open to the public.
World Day of Prayer is a worldwide, ecumenical movement of Christian women of many traditions who come together to observe a common day of prayer each year, and who, in many countries, have a continuing relationship in prayer and service.
The Ohio Northern University Observatory will be open to the public for a moon and star-gazing event on Friday, March 6, 8-10 p.m.
The event is called "Moon in the Beehive" because “the moon will be passing through the 'Beehive cluster' in Cancer this evening. We'll take on the challenge of seeing the stars, despite the bright moon being nearby,” said Dr. Jason Pinkney, professor of physics and astronomy at ONU.
