By Monty Siekerman From Ada Icon - For the fourth year, the local community will celebrate the 4th of July with a free Patriotic Pops Concert by the Lima Symphony Orchestra beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Ada.
Kirsten Osbun-Manley will once again be featured soloist and, for the first time, the Noteworthy Community Choir of Ada will perform.
Here's the list of special programs in July at the Bluffton Public Library.
The “Libraries Rock” Summer Program continues. Because registration for many of these programs began at the beginning of June, registration may be full for some programs. To register, call at 419-358-5016, visit our website at blufftonpubliclibrary.org, or stop in during library hours.
Bluffton Family Recreation continues registering adult coed softball teams for the summer, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.
This league plays games at the village park diamond on Monday and Wednesday evenings with games starting at 6 p.m.
League play is from July 9 to Aug. 8. Registration is $300 per team. Contact BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, call 419-358-4150, or register online at www.bfronline.com.
According to Pat Motter, “It’s difficult to get Jim to smile.”
But at noon on Friday, we saw a glimpse of a smile on Jim “Duke” Motter. It was during a surprise retirement party for the guy who holds the record for stone tonnage hauled from Bluffton Stone Company’s quarry.
Motter retired after 49 years at Bluffton Stone Co., where he certainly holds several other records like, mileage put on trucks and years of service.
Bluffton University named Sean Elvert as its next head men’s soccer coach.
Elvert returns to Bluffton after serving as an assistant men’s soccer coach at Ohio Northern University for the past year. The two years prior, he was the assistant men’s soccer coach at Bluffton and briefly led the team as the interim head coach. In both assistant roles, he gained significant experience in recruiting, day-to-day operations and player training.
