Charles H. Kinsinger, 92, of Pandora, died at 3:30 p.m. at Hilty Memorial Home on April 19, 2013. He was born on Dec. 15, 1920, in Pandora to John and Fatima (Steiner) Kinsinger. On Nov. 30, 1944 he married Treva J. Stauffer of Lima. She survives in Pandora.
This week The Icon talked with four third graders, Olivia Pittsenbarger (Mrs. Kingsley’s class), Ellison Pugsley (Bogart), Sophia Bricker (Armstrong), and Gracie Breidenbach (Raeburn).
Well, girls, what are your favorite third grade subjects? Olivia: Science. Ellision: Math. Sophia: Science. Gracie: Science. (At this point we discussed mealy worms in great detail. According to Sophia, her’s crawled up her arm.)
Citizens National Bank invites the public to attend an open house for its newly expanded Operations Center from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 21.
Located just off I-75 at 131 Citizens Parkway, Bluffton, the enlarged facility provides 24 new offices and is home to the following departments:
• Customer Care Center,
• Marketing,
• IT,
• Project Management,
• Operations, Compliance,
• Treasury Management,
• Credit Analysis,
• Restructured Loans and
• Commercial Loan Processing.
Bluffton University will host the annual Riley Creek Festival beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 20, on the Neufeld Hall lawn.
“Out of This World” is the theme of this year’s festival, a day of games, prizes, live music and other entertainment. The event is free—except for lunch—and open to the public.
Lunch, to be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., is $7 for adults and $5 for children.
The traditional rubber duck race down Riley Creek will wrap up the festival at 4 p.m.
Three spring colors - four by counting green - bloom before the camera lens in Bluffton. Framed within the blooms of a magnolia are the yellow of forsythia and white-pink of a flowering cherry. This photo was taken in the backyard of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Home, South Main Street, looking into the Buroker backyard.
The Children's Choir at St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, will present the musical "Blast Off! Discovering the God of Creation," twice on Sunday, April 28. Performances are at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Nearly 65 youth are involved in the production. The church is located at 15988 Road 4, Pandora.
The story takes place in a little girl's dream the night before going to a space camp. In the dream Rudy and her two siblings find themselves in a space shuttle flying through the atmosphere.
