BLUFFTON, Ohio—Dr. Melissa Friesen, Mary Nord Ignat and Joseph Ignat Professor of Theatre and Communication at Bluffton, will present the Colloquium “When Talking is Tough: Image Theatre as a Catalyst for Engagement” at 4 p.m. on Feb. 22 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Here's a view of the dance floor at Bluffton Family Recreation's dad and daughter dance held Saturday. Nearly 90 dancers attended. A video and photos are here.
Nearly 90 dancers – dads of all ages and daughter ranging from 3 to 12 (?) – hit the dance floor and never stopped on Saturday evening at Bluffton Family Recreation.
Dancers from Bluffton, Pandora, Lima, Jenera and elsewhere showed up with at the first-ever dad and daughter dance at BFR.
Ron Koontz provided the music. The photos and video below tell the story much better than the Icon's words. Please view the photos and watch the video for a beter taste of the evening. (We identified dancers when we recognized them.)
Kindergarten registration, spring testing, an Ohio Cavern trip, and a spring musical are on the Bluffton school spring calendar.
Those events plus a review of the first half of the school year are part of the winter Bluffton school district newsletter, sent to residents of the school district last week.
The newsletter updates residents on the National Blue Ribbon Award received by the elementary school, provides a list of senior citizen breakfast programs this spring and includes school year-end dates.
Loretta Sue Wolf, 71, died Feb. 10, 2019, at St. Catherine's Manor in Findlay.
Loretta was born March 26, 1947, in Harlan County, Kentucky, to the late Leland and Willie (King) Aslinger. She had previously been married to Thomas Wolf and he preceded her in death.
Former Bluffton resident Lois Lydia Sommer was born Feb. 8, 1924, in Pekin Ill., and died Jan. 31, 2019, in North Newton Kan. She graduated valedictorian of Pekin High School in 1940 and from Bluffton College in 1945 with a degree in home economics.
