Miss Minerva Hilty taught many Icon viewers in Bluffton elementary school. Here's a photo of one of her last classes. Leland Gerber took the photo. There are several familiar faces in this photo.
If you can identify students, please send information to: [email protected]
This license plate belongs to a true golden retriever fan. It was spotted on a Chevy Traverse during a Boston Crusaders rehearsal at ONU stadium in June.
Japanese beetles are active in our area. These beetles are easily recognized by their relatively large size, about a half inch in length, and showy colors. The fore wings, also called hard-wing coverings, are bronze to coppery-brown in color. The head and the middle part of the body are a metallic green.
Japanese beetles are voracious leaf feeders. They have been known to feed on 350 plant species. Their favorite plants include rose, hollyhock, hibiscus, linden, maple, viburnum, grape, raspberry, apple, and cherry.
Here's the scene: The Icon walks up to a coffee shop and find a Bluffton police office lecturing nearly a dozen guys who appear to be sitting through a school detention.
The Icon posts the photo and asked viewers to write a caption for the photo (it's attached to this story). We received several dozen entries. The competition was brutal. Here's the winners:
First place - wins 4 Shannon Theatre passes
I’m going to have to write you guys a ticket for waving and smiling too much. You’re starting to creep out the out of towners.
- Shelly Halker
Bluffton has many ovens but only one outdoor oven like this one on the Mercy Health-Bluffton Family Medicine, mural at 204 N. Main St. The mural oven portrays rural pioneers who did baking out of doors. An oven similar to this is at the Schumacher homestead on Bixel Road.
