Richland Manor collected 3,265 pounds of food of the Bluffton Food Pantry. That totals 14 large boxes of food. The boxes were delivered to the food pantry earlier this week by Dan Wolfe and Barry Schneck of Richland Manor.
Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, Bluffton, will hold a "storm recovery sale," Friday and Saturday, July 13-14. Sale hours are Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A printer friendly attachment at the bottom of this story shows sale items.
Yeah, it's July. Yeah, those are Bluffton HS football team. It's 7-on-7 football. Tackle with just a touch of your hands. BHS participated in an afternoon of 7-on-7 on Tuesday at ONU with several other area teams. Today there was 7-on-7 play involving several teams at Bluffton University. Watch the warm up video.
In recent years, Bluffton University students-both undergraduates and graduate students in business-have traveled to China seven times for short-term study.
Now, through July 18, Bluffton is the host, welcoming 16 faculty members and administrators from China West Normal University for a training institute exposing the visitors to higher education in the United States.
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
Ready, get set, swim! That command starts Friday at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool.
This year, Bluffton hosts the Western Ohio Aquatic League meet championships. The event, will bring hundreds of fans and swimmers to Bluffton for the next two days.
"Warms-up is at 7 a.m. followed by festivities at 9 a.m. and swimming beginning around 10 a.m." said Liz Diller, one of the two Bluffton swim team coaches. "Normally we have a couple thousand fans here, so it adds up pretty quickly."
A book signing party at Common Grounds will launch a children's book titled "Look For Something Good," written by Bluffton resident Steve Yoder. The event is from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, July 12.
Yoder says the book is a story with a lesson, adding, "It's a parable, which deals with a tough set of circumstances involving a young boy."
Yoder, who is lead pastor of First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, says that the book is written for youth, particularly at the fourth grade level.
