G. Eddie Romick, 81 of rural Rawson died on Monday, July 11, 2011, at his residence. He was born in Arlington on June 6, 1930, to the late Luther W. and Maxine L. (Krout) Romick.
He was a 1948 graduate of Rawson High School. On August 28, 1949, he married V. Ermajean Thomas and she survives along with their children; Michael E. (Cindy) Romick of Rawson, Daniel J. Romick of Marblehead, Shelley J. (Dennis) Knittle of Van Wert and Wendy S. (Jan) Flynn of Centerville.
Apollo Career Center and Bluffton High School student Trevor Meyer took the bronze medal for third place in the Skills USA Championships recently. The event was in automated manufacturing technology held in Kansas City, Mo.
Over 5,600 career and technical education students joined in the hands on-competition in 94r different trade, technical and leadership fields areas.
Here's a familiar face to Bluffton High School students who took driver's ed in high school, and chemistry in high school during the 1950s and 1960s. It's Wilford Geiger, also a partner in the Geiger and Diller men's store once-upon-a-time on Main Street.
He also lead a pretty mean cheer during homecoming pep sessions.
Paul Diller took this photo of Wilford "don't put the zinc in the sink" Geiger in the early 1950s.
Bluffton youngsters in the Bluffton Public Library summer reading program celebrated the Japanese "Tanabata" star festival on July 13. In Japan, the event is July 7, according to Teri Sato, who helped coordinate the event at the library.
During "Tanabata" children will write wishes on strips of colorful papers and hang them on bamboo trees, which are to be put outside at night under the stars so the stars will make the wishes come true.
Submitted by "Dangerous" Dan Groman, Icon base ball reporter The Shannon Sodbusters base ball team gathered at the Bluffton village park following the Bluffton sesquicentennial parade on July 2.
In 1860, the village was still known as Shannon, and the rules were put together for a new sport known as base ball.
With temperatures in the 90s, and with clear skies, a light breeze brought a lttle relief from the afternoon heat.
