"Ring! Ring! Ring!"
"Hello. Who's calling, please?"
"Hi! It's the year 1991--when this public corded telephone was installed in the lobby of the Freed Center for the Performing Arts!"
Editor's note: Does Bluffton have any surviving pay phones? Email [email protected] if you have a tip.
It’s my fourth anniversary as editor-owner of Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon. I chuckle to recall that I set out with a plan to learn news in year one and advertising in year two. Writing a news story has certainly come easier than tackling QuickBooks Online.
The Bluffton Public Library will host the following events and activities during the week of September 8-13. For further details and dates, visit www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org/library-events.
Allen County Public Health is providing flu and high dose flu shots for those over 65 years of age at a special event at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St on September 22, from 9-10:30 a.m.
Please bring an insurance card. This is a walk-in event.
Have questions? Talk with an Allen Public Health nurse at 419-228-4457, ext. 110.
Happy Monday, Blufftonites! Here are BlufftonIcon.com's top stories from the week that was, September 1-7. For a chronological look at all September to date, visit blufftonicon.com/archive.
SPENCERVILLE __The Bluffton High School cross country teams competed in the Black Division of the Spencerville Bearcat Invitational meet on Saturday, September 6.
Both Pirate teams finished fourth at the event.
South Adams (Ind.) won the boys team title with 27 points, followed by Paulding (60), Coldwater (79), Bluffton (112), Bath (117) and St. Marys (119).
Freshman Atticus Prothro finished seventh in a time of 18:26.2 to post the top Pirate finish. Sophomore teammate Toby Clevidence came in 13th in 19:13.2.
