Spring's warming temperatures have been known to inspire bouts of cleaning. Taming the growing pile of household paperwork is one potential task, but what documents should be kept, and which can be thrown away? The Internal Revenue Service offers some timely advice for those bitten by the spring cleaning bug.
Before there was a Dixie Highway...before there was a Lincoln Highway...before there was a State RoutE 235...railroads were the way to travel.
Here's a 1902 photograph of neighboring Ada's Pennsylvania Railroad depot. The line connected New York City and Chicago with very fast service. Depending upon your point of view, not much or, quite a bit has change in 110 years.
You never heard this one...these two guys walk into an outdoor arts and crafts show.
Actually, the very day before the Bluffton arts and crafts show, the director of the chamber gets a frantic e-mail. It's from a crafter who says that she's never received confirmation of her registration in the "Bluffton" arts and crafts show.
The chamber director looks through all the registrations and can't find the person's information. He calls the crafts show director. Same thing. No information.
Several Bluffton residents, like these two, walking around the Buckeye, participated in Ohio's One Mile Fitness Walk on May 16. BFR sponsored the event in Bluffton, which was part of Healthy Ohio. The statewide program goal is 100,000 miles of walking.
It was tea time at Maple Crest on May 15. Make that "traditional tea time." Amelia Stauffer and Marge Lafolette, who tea experts talked about how tea plays an important part of many cultures during an afternoon program in the Patio Room.
Refreshments includes spinach pinwheels, fresh fruit cups, lemon curd tarts and tea and vanilla chai.
Don't worry if you missed the program. The Icon made a video. We suggest you brew a cup of your favorite tea, sit down in a comfortable chair and hit "play" on the YouTube.
