All Bluffton Icon News

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls basketball team built a big first period lead and held off visiting Lincolnview 60-50 in a Northwest Conference battle Thursday evening, January 20. View at https://youtu.be/I7KBA3bITkY.

The Lady Pirates improved to 13-4 overall and 3-2 in the NWC with the win. Lincolnview fell to 5-11 and 1-4 in the NWC with the loss.

Bluffton led 21-5 after the first period as senior Kylie Monday scored seven points. The Lancers rallied with a 19-12 second stanza behind seven points from Addysen Stevens.

Eleven commercial, 52 residential building permits in 2021

The Village of Bluffton reported a total of $11.8 million in construction permits in 2021, with the $10 million Knowlton Science Center comprising the lion’s share of that figure. (see attached chart for details)

The commercial-residential split was $10,061,347.55 commercial construction, $ 1,786,193.62 residential construction. The following list ranks key commercial construction:

An open call for solo and group exhibition proposals has been issued for the Fisher/Wall Gallery at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts in Findlay, Ohio. Proposals will be accepted through February 2022.

Located on the second floor of the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts, the gallery was made possible through generous estate gifts from Beverly Fisher and James (Jim) Wall. Throughout the year, the gallery exhibits art from around the region and country.

The Putnam County District Library has announced the following February programs in the Bluffton Icon reading area (for programs at additional Putnam county locations, visit https://mypcdl.org/)

Facebook Kids Cooking Kitchen. Place a request with Heather the week prior for a menu ingredient list. Email [email protected]

February 1,  6:30 p.m. via Facebook: Ice Cream in a Bag  |  

February 15,  6:30 p.m. via Facebook: Homemade Butter

 

Seth Andreas of Bluffton earned Fall 2021 Dean's List honors from Eastern Mennonite University.

The Dean's List, compiled at the end of each semester, includes degree-seeking students who achieve a semester GPA of at least 3.75 with no W, I, or F grades for 12 semester hours of standard grades.

The Pandora United Methodist Church (UMC), 108 E. Washington St., will be hosting a FREE Community Meal from 5-6:30 p.m. on January 26.

The meal this month is sponsored by the UMC confirmation class. The menu is chili, vegetable, chicken noodle or corn chowder, toasted cheese sandwich, veggie tray and dessert. 

Dine in and take out service will be available.

Pages