June 2020

Four area seniors received Bluffton Lions Club scholarships this spring.

Recipients are:
Luke Denecker, Bluffton, major in business with emphases in finance and data analytics
Ana Neufeld Weaver, Bluffton, major in music education
Riley Garmatter, Cory-Rawson, major in early childhood education
Brandon Zuercher, Cory-Rawson, major as an animal nutritionist

Here are the area students who graduated this spring from Bluffton University:

Clay Atkins of Bluffton, earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education.

Bailey Prichard of Bluffton, earned a bachelor’s degree in English with a TESOL minor.

Several students from Bluffton and Pandora received associate's degrees from Rhodes State College, Lima, this spring. The area students follow:

Donation comes from police department via attorney general's office

Bluffton’s Police Department received $1,500 to donate to the Bluffton schools for safety equipment, according to Ryan Burkholder, police chief.

Police department members Officer Hope Hannah, Lt. Mathew Oglesbee and Chief. Burkholder took an online training course, offered by the Ohio Attorney General Office, to help keep children safe while learning. 

Bluffton University to host golf scramble

Bluffton University’s 23rd annual Alumni and Friends Golf Scramble will be held on Saturday, July 25, at Bluffton Golf Club.

Registration for the event is $90 per golfer or $360 for a complete team of four at www.bluffton.edu/golf by July 18. This year’s event will include on-course games and challenges to enhance team position and a silent auction.

Mandy Kinn reminds customers that Spectrum Salon, 422 N. Main St., Bluffton, is open and taking appointments.

She announced the following special offers:
• New massage guests special - $61-plus tax
• Regular massage guests - mention you saw this in the Icon, and receive your choice of: Hand scrub, foot scrub or decollete mask.
Call 419-358-0556 
www.spectrumsalonbluffton.com

We asked viewers to identify this scene in Bluffton. Well, it turned out to be a tough one. The answer is below. It's the entrance to the Bluffton University football stadium.

A celebration of life for Martha (Betty) Jolliff takes place 7 p.m. on Friday, July 3, at The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Great Room at 5436 State Route 309 E., Kenton.

She died Thursday, April 23, 2020, at 9:32 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Click here for her previously posted obituary.

 

To bring awareness to the cause of a free store/food pantry near Dayton

Story and photo by Diane Glock-Essinger
Recognize this familiar street corner of Main and College?

If you were out on Tuesday, June 16, you may have noticed two tired and sunburnt young men passing through town. Ryan Ellis and Eric Pujari are walking for Joshua’s Place, a community program out of South Lebanon, Ohio.

So far, they have walked approximately 62 miles and their next stop  – Lima. 

Ryan is from South Lebanon and Eric is from Dayton. They began their journey at the Ohio/Michigan border and are walking to the Ohio River. 

The village of Bluffton is now spraying for mosquitoes. The spraying takes place on Wednesday evenings, depending upon the weather conditions.

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