Bill Gordon (center) holds a red wrist band. Bluffton residents will see over 2,500 persons with those wrist bands when the Great Ohio Bike Adventures stops in Bluffton on Sunday, June 21. Gordan is the GOBA director. He met in Bluffton earlier this week to review GOBA with village officials and local coordinators. Watch the Icon for more details on GOBA and what it means to Bluffton.
Bluffton Community Preschool will host an open house from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25, in First United Methodist Church, 116 Church St., according to Shelly Matijevich, director. The preschool is housed in the church.
The open house allows parents and caregivers to learn more about the preschool. It also enables them to see what the classrooms are like and other activities and events take place during the school.
Here's a "one-of-a-kind" Bluffton High School boys' basketball team. It's the 1964-65 season and is the first-ever for the combined school districts of Bluffton and Beaverdam. Interesting to note that there are five Beaverdam players and five Bluffton players.
Somewhere in the past the identity of a "Bluffton" student and "Beaverdam" student disappeared. But during the first few school years from '64 on, you were identified by one or the other community.
RICHMOND, Ind. - The Bluffton women’s basketball team used a 21-2 start to the game to easily defeat Earlham College, 81-59, on the road on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The Beavers moved into a tie for second in the HCAC standings, improving to 12-5 in the conference and 17-7 overall, while the Quakers slipped to 7-17, 5-12 in the conference. Bluffton’s 17th victory is a new school record for wins in a season!
