Due to the Monday, May 30, holiday, recycling and refuse pick up is one day late this week. That means that Friday customers will have their recycling and refuse picked up on Saturday, June 4, according to the village office.
The next time recycling and refuse pick up will be one day delayed will be the week of Fourth of July.
Here's a "non-police" photo of William "Kaiser" Gaiffe. Paul Diller took a series of about 15 black and white portraits of Bluffton businessmen in the early 1950s. Gaiffe, who was eventually Bluffton's police chief, was owner of the Cloverleaf Market when this was taken. The store was on Vine Street in what is today the Richard Boehr offices.
Just when you thought basketball was over here comes the Bluffton High School boys' alumni basketball tournament. The tourney features six teams with all games on Saturday, June 4, according to Todd Boblitt, BHS varsity coach.
Teams include:
o Team Hilty
o Team Wietholter
a Team Burris
oTeam Gratz
o Team Oberly
o Team Bogart
Games are played in the middle school and high school gym. Admission is $2 for the day and children are admitted free.
Memorial Day 2011 marked the first anniversary of The Bluffton Icon YouTube video channel. Our first-ever video was of the 2010 Memorial Day Parade. Since then The Icon has posted nearly 100 videos.
