A 16-year study reveals that crime is on the decrease in Bluffton. Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief, shared the study, which shows annual incidents reported to police from 1995 to 2010.
The high year was 1998 with 498 incident reports. The low year was 2010 with only reports.
Skilliter said that 2010 was the "friendlest" - safest year to live in Bluffton during this report period. Dick McGarrity of council praised the police department by stating that much of the reason for this decline belongs to their efforts.
Bluffton senior citizens will celebrate Valentine's Day with a carry-in potluck dinner next month. The dinner is at noon, Monday, Feb. 14, at the Senior Center.
Baby, it's "really" cold outside. Over the seven-day period from Jan. 18 to 24 the only day the thermometer crept above freezing was on the 18th. Otherwise, we've survivied a week of temperatures in the territory where we fear to tread.
Here's the seven-day report from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Here's a photo of Paul Diller, whose photos The Icon has shared with viewers this past month. Diller was a funeral director in Bluffton and as a hobby took photos.
Although not a professional photographer, his photos capture the essence of the Bluffton community in a manner that few other photographers have matched. Most of the Diller's photos reproduced on the Icon are from the 1940s to early 1970s.
A Relay of Life team and committee meeting is planned this week. The meeting is at noon, Thursday, Jan. 26, in the Bluffton town hall.Teams will meet at 12:30 p.m. for 30 minutes.
Please bring your own lunch and if need to anything please reach out to Tracy Steel at 419.889.3448. There will be no at 5:30 p.m. that evening.
Even before arriving on campus Jan. 18 as a minister in residence, the Rev. Janice Yordy Sutter felt at home at Bluffton University.
Having formed friendships over the years with Louise Matthews, director of Bluffton's Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center; Jeff Boehr, assistant campus pastor for church relations; and campus pastor Stephen "Tig" Intagliata, Sutter had already come to see what Bluffton was all about.
