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Booths available; free activities for children

Pandora United Methodist Church will host a craft and bake sale at 4:30 p.m. on August 12.

The event will include a free bounce house and craft table for children, as well as free popcorn and water.

The craft sale will be set up indoors and outdoors. Restrooms will be available.

Anyone interested in a booth should call Stacy Basinger at 419-302-0742 for more information.

UPDATED 5 p.m. July 27: An incomplete version of this article was initially posted on Wednesday morning. See below regarding a reception for Kent on Aug. 27.

By Paula McKibben for the Bluffton Police Department

“I want to be the officer who takes care of the other officers,” commented Corporal Lonny Kent when asked why he chose this time to retire from the Bluffton Police Department. 

Check out the Icon's updated menu page with fresh content from:

Kira's Flipside Grill, this is a rebranded Luke's--with familiar faces, management, and menu items.

Weather observations by Guy Verhoff

The attached weather report for July 1-25 comes from our observer in Pandora, where daily maximum temperatures ranged from 73 to 93 and minimums ranged from 55 to 72.

National Night Out is coming up on Tuesday, August 2. To volunteer, contact Lt. Matt Oglesbee at [email protected]. Seen here at 2021 celebrations are Bluffton Police Chief Ryan Burholder, Officer Lonny Kent and Lieutenant Oglesbee.

UPDATE: Our access to Facebook has been restored and your viewer access may in fact not have been interrupted. However, we'll be updating a few posts that have been lost in the process.

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The Bluffton Icon's Facebook page service has been interrupted on the morning of July 26. Our switch to the new Pages experience was bumpy, so we opted to switch back to the Classic view.

The result for now is no Bluffton Icon Facebook page. We'll keep you posted.

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