The Icon wants to help families get to holiday worship services on time with a schedule including Christmas Eve, Christmas, and and New Year's services in the Bluffton area.
Bluffton High School has announced that the 2022-2023 College Credit Plus (CCP) meeting will be held virtually from 7-8 p.m. on December 15 in a recorded YouTube session. Students considering enrolling in CCP are required to participate in the meeting.
The Lima Area Youth Orchestra will present their Christmas concert at 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 5 in the Lima Senior High School Auditorium.1 Spartan Way.
Members of the orchestra come from ten area high schools and home-schools. Directors of the group are Dr. Sarah Waters and Mr. Joseph MacBenn.
Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door.
The 35th annual Bluffton Blaze of Lights was a return to tradition on Saturday, November 27, 2021. A year off in 2020 and a sprinkling of rain didn't phase organizers, participants and the thousands of visitors who gathered for a parade, entertainment, and lighting ceremony.
2021 Blaze of Lights photographs by Jamie Nygaard of JB Nygaard Photography.
Book Reviews, Et Cetera Shop and Ten Thousand Villages will not only be open extra hours on Shop Small Saturday--from 9 a.m.-7 p.m.--they will also be hosting a treasure hunt.
Chrissy Lugibihl, manager of the Et Cetera Shop thrift store, tells the icon that shoppers can pick up and drop off forms at any of the three shops for this enter to win activity.
UPDATE: Santa will be in the alley between Roots and Webb Insurance (111 and 105 S. Main) after riding the in the antique fire truck in the parade.
The 35th annual Bluffton Blaze of Lights will be celebrated on the evening of Saturday, November 27 in downtown Bluffton. The Blaze, as it is known, begins with a festival--including a parade, entertainment, and ceremonies--that attracts some three to four thousand people. A great number have seen the Blaze many times, but let’s describe it for the first-time visitor and those reading from a distance.
