John McMinn has accepted the call as pastor of Bluffton Baptist Church this winter, according to Dave Miller, chairman of the church deacons. Pastor McMinn replaces Steve Renfrow who pastored the church from its conception.
Apollo Career Center will hold its first-ever digital citizenship day, Friday, April 1, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Apollo students will spend the day learning about the dangers, consequences, and the positives of their on-line activities.
Apollo believes that now, with the top three websites being Google, Facebook and YouTube, and the exploding use of smart phones, students need to learn responsible and productive use of these tools.
The Bluffton Icon's newest advertiser will do your dirty work for a reasonable price. Super Hero Pooper Scooper, a pet waste service, is expanding into Bluffton.
Doug Moneer, 341 Laney Ave., Lima, is offering the service. "The benefits from my service is that it saves busy pet owners' time and the hassle of cleaning up their pet's dirty business and it keeps yards maintained from pet waste."
Kelsea Kiene, a pre-business administration major and a Bluffton High School graduate, was among more than 3,000 students from The University of Toledo who made the Fall 2010 Dean's List.
The Dean's List recognizes full-time undergraduate students who earn a 3.5 or above GPA for the semester.
Sue Van Eman of Bluffton University was the featured speaker at the Bluffton High School Academic Letter banquet on March 22.
The academic letter is an effort on the part of the school to give more prominent recognition to outstanding students. In striving to encourage academic excellence, honor students should be made aware that their achievements are worthy of praise and recognition.
March goes out like a....maybe a lamb-lion. Not too cold; not really warm. Here's the weather summary for the past seven days reported by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.