The sweet corn season is ending. Monday is the final day of Suter's Produce red barn at Circle K, State Route 103, Bluffton.
The red barn's final schedule is:
• Friday, Aug. 21
• Saturday, Aug. 22
• Monday, Aug. 24
Watch for details of Suter's corn maze, this year celebrating the 400th anniversay of the Pilgrim's journey on the Mayflower. The corn maze opens Saturday, Sept. 12. The Icon will have all the details soon.
Bluffton High School students schedules are ready. Students may pick them up at the high school, via the Jackson Street door, today or Monday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
It must be late August. That's the Bluffton HIgh School band we hear on the other side of Interstate 75. Band camp is underway. Here's a view taken from the overpass by Dennis Morrison.
Long-time Ada resident, Alice Bucher, now living at Vancrest of Ada, celebrated her 104th birthday on Aug. 14.
Mrs. Bucher was an employee at Triplett Corp., Bluffton, for 22 years, and may be the oldest living Triplett retiree.
She and her husband, Dale, had three children, two boys and one girl. Dale was the Ada scoutmaster for many years and he also served on several community boards and organizations in Ada. He died in 1999.
The center, at 132 N. Main St., is open, thanks to permission from the Allen County Health Department. Here’s an update from the August newsletter.
• Shop: Only 4 people in the store area at a time and masks are required.
• Lending library: Returned material will be kept for five days, sanitized and then returned to the shelves. One person in the book area at a time. One person in the video area at a time. One person in the puzzle area at a time.
