Get ready for the Bluffton High School homecoming parade. It's the best small-town homecoming parade in northwestern Ohio.
It's Friday, Sept. 23. Line up is at the Centre at 5 p.m. The parade starts at 5:30 p.m.
According to Tracie Bricker of the BHS Football Moms: Please come join in the fun and be in the parade.
All organizations, business and family participants are welcome. Line up will begin at the Candy can be handed out from those walking. No candy can be thrown from the floats.
The Bluffton junior varsity girls' soccer game kicked off at 10 a.m. on Saturday against Riverdale. Sophomore Hannah Yost in the goal blocked multiple shots to hold the Falcons to 1 goal at half time.
In the second half, freshman goalkeeper, Lilly Campbell, also blocked several shots by Riverdale, but the Falcon offense was strong, the final score was 0-5 Riverdale.
The varsity game started at noon in Bluffton, with Senior Captain Jadyn Barhorst in the goal. WIth 14 minutes left in the first half, Riverdale landed the first goal.
Marilyn E. Porzelius, 83, of Chenoa, Ill., formerly of Gridley, died at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Center, rural Chenoa.
She was born March 10, 1933, in Amity Township, Livingston County. She married Fredrick J. Porzelius on July 24, 1954, at Salem Church, rural Gridley. He died on Dec. 9, 2014.
The Icon seeks some help from viewers to fill in the blanks of this First Mennonite Church junior choir photo. Our best guess for the year is 1961-62, figuring that the most of the members in the back row were in the sixth grade - making them high school seniors in 1967-68.
Wanda Pannabecker is the director standing in front of the choir.
Front row from left, Bev Balmer, Merri Brauen, David Reichenbach, Ken Cookson, Mary Purves, Sally Weaver, Mary Lehman, Becky Lehman, Roger Luginbuhl, Bill Amstutz, _____.
Ken Collins, Ada Icon photographer, wen cloud watching over the weekend. Here are two of his photographs of clouds as seen between Ada and Bluffton on an early September afternoon.
Bluffton police report that during the month of July the amount of money in the village lost by theft totaled $6,633.
That figure is part of the July police report provided to Bluffton council. Additional information from the July report show that the police had 326 calls for service, 43 traffic stops and 6 citations handed out.
There were 30 complaints reported during July. Of those 10 included theft.
A portion of the July report is an attachment below. The entire report is part of the Bluffton council packet also attached below.
