Discover the joys of spring birding this in northwest Ohio as the Hancock Park District offers the first 2017 Bird Monitoring outing on Friday, March 3, at 1 p.m. at Litzenberg Memorial Woods.
This hands-on in-the-field approach to monitoring environmental changes is one of the ways Hancock Park District volunteers experience a wide range of physical and mental activities.
Bluffton 7th grade boys' basketball team brought home the NWC trophy on Saturday. Here's the team, front from left, Ayden Cupples, Trenton Donley, Cole Koenig, Kyler Kinn, Nick Prater, Nathan Schaadt. Back, Dan Garlock, coach, Lucas Prichard, Trey Boblitt, Kenneth Lovett, Landyn Fleharty, Jude Spallinger, Trent Howard. Watch for more details on the Icon.
Three former Bluffton council members submitted petitions to seek council seats on the Nov. 7 Bluffton general election.
Filing as Republicans are Jerry Cupples and David Steiner. Filing as a Democrat is Mitchell Kingsley. The filing deadline for persons running under a political party designation was Feb. 1.
Bluffton council candidates choosing to run as independents have until May 1 to file petitions. Four council seats will be on the November ballot.
The Village of Bluffton will participate in the 2017 America in Bloom national awards program.
Bluffton council voted to support the community’s entry by approving the $1,099 entry fee during its Feb. 13 meeting. The request for funding came from the village Tree Commission. The council, at the recommendation of Mayor Judy Augsburger, will use funding from its hotel-motel tax as the entry fee.
During the spring or summer a group of America in Bloom judges visit Bluffton to score the community.
