FROM BSC NEWSLETTER__Bonnie Newman has been teaching line dance classes at the Bluffton Senior Center for a few years now. Organizers have decided to try and have class every week instead of twice a month. Come and enjoy this fun, energetic, make all the mistakes you want, we don’t care activity with us. Classes are on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. It is $2 for members and $3 for non-members.
MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Lions Club is pleased to learn that the winner of the local 2025 Peace Poster Contest has been selected as the winner of the Lions district-level contest for northwestern Ohio.
The winner, Lydia Gratz, is a 7th-grade art student in Bluffton Middle School. She is the daughter of Dan and Joanna Gratz. She had previously been awarded as the local winner in the November 18 Lions Club meeting.
FROM BSC NEWSLETTER__Kathy Withrow from Elara Health will begin an Education and Exercise Class on Friday, January 9 at 11:30 a.m. The focus of this class is strengthening and stretching to music. It can be done from a chair or standing. The goal is to maintain strength while socializing and having fun. It is free to attend and may be a monthly event.
Monday, January 12 at 12:00 noon, Bluffton Senior Center
FROM BSC NEWSLETTER__Senior Center members will have a potluck and Debbie Brennaman will be providing soup. Please bring a side to go with the soup or dessert. Mike Buetter from the Lincoln Highway Association will present “Ohio Landmarks on the Lincoln Highway.” Buetter will also discuss the history of the Highway. Lou Geiger and Jim Benner will both turn 90 years young in January. Their birthdays at the January Dinner Meeting with red roses and life memberships.
Linked below are 22 articles of lasting interest from among the 123 items posted on BlufftonIcon.com during December 2025, selected for the print Bluffton Icon Highlights, which are distributed for in-house reading at the Bluffton Public Library, Bluffton Senior Center, Maplecrest Senior Living Village and Musselman Library at Bluffton University.
Included are not one but two articles by Bill Herr on unforgettable people from this area, Bluffton High School and Middle School accomplishments in both academics and sports, and firsts for two local historical societies.
