The Bluffton Lions Club seeks nominees for the 2014 citizen of the year.
The award was established in 1981. It honors a person, couple or someone representing a group who has selflessly given time, effort and talent for the benefit of those in the Bluffton area and whose dedication and achievements have profoundly improved the quality of life of the people of the area.
The nominee may be living or deceased (within the last year). The winner will be honored at a banquet on Tuesday, April 21.
Bluffton High School senior, Maggie Fett, has created a four-minute video featuring the 2014 Bluffton Blaze of Lights. She created the video for a BHS class.
The video is now posted on the Icon. It will also be posted on the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce website www.explorebluffton.com.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University baseball team has once again partnered with Vs. Cancer Foundation—a volunteer organization committed to funding research to help cure childhood cancer—to raise money for childhood cancer research. The baseball players will be shaving their heads in the Marbeck Center Commons on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at noon.
Several events connected to Bluffton are part of the 2015 programming of the Blanchard River Watershed Project, according to Phil Martin, director.
• The BRWP will still have two Great Lakes Commission grants in the Upper Riley Creek and Lower Riley Creek watersheds during 2015. Both grants are for Best Management Practices with the farmers.
What's happening at the Bluffton Public Library this month?
Now Icon viewers have access to the library's electronic newsletter. The newsletter lists all events planned this month from Paws to Read, Storytime, Jamm', Teas and lots more.
