Watch The Icon's video of Bluffton's Memorial Day parade on Monday. The video will be shot from 226 Grove St. Make certain you wave to the Icon camera. The video will be posted by 11 a.m.
By Mary Pannabecker Steiner
It's one thing to be sitting in your house, listening to hailstones hit the roof. It's quite another thing to be driving in a car when ping-pong sized hailstones begin smacking the car. It's loud. Distracting. Frightening.
What a week for Pirate sports! The BHS boys' track team finished second and the girls third in the Division III regional track meet in Tiffin on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Cinderella BHS girls' softball team competed in its first-ever trip to the Division IV softball regionals, losing to an undefeated Felicity-Franklin 8 to 0 at Tipp City.
Looking for fun this summer? Relaxation? Adventure? History? Culture? Bluffton Public Library has something for everyone in its "Novel Destinations" silent auction.
More than 30 items are available, including bed and breakfast stays at the historic Inn at Irwin Gardens, the Housley House, the Pines of Dresden, Simple Pleasures, the Dunkle One-room Schoolhouse and the Gingerbread House on Little Traverse Bay.
Aaron Shelly was named to the spring Dean's list at Goshen College, Goshen, Ind. Shelly, son of Art and Lisa Shelly of Bluffton, is a junior studying physics and mathematics. He is a 2009 graduate of Bluffton High School.
