Want to try your luck at picking this year's Super Bowl football winner? It's easy. All you need to do is enter the Bluffton Icon Super Bowl contest. As of Tuesday evening, 15 persons have entered.
The entry form is on the top right side of the Icon home page. Contestants enter directly via e-mail. The deadline to enter the contest is noon on Sunday, Feb. 6, the day of the game.
The Icon's contest offers three tie-breakers. Here are the contest questions.
Who will win:
oGreen Bay Packers
oPittsburgh Steelers
A Relay of Life team and committee meeting is planned this week. The meeting is at noon, Thursday, Jan. 26, in the Bluffton town hall.Teams will meet at 12:30 p.m. for 30 minutes.
Please bring your own lunch and if need to anything please reach out to Tracy Steel at 419.889.3448. There will be no at 5:30 p.m. that evening.
Income tax forms, bills and other financial documents can build up quickly. How can one know what to keep and what to throw away?
Bluffton Public Library will be hosting a financial paperwork seminar presented by Julie Bankert, of J. Bankert Bookkeeping, on Thursday, Feb. 24, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. The seminar will share tips and tricks to help individuals organize their financial paperwork.
This seminar is free of charge so don't get overwhelmed, get organized.
Smart Hearts, a heart health education and support group at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay, has set their spring meeting schedule. Meeting dates, topics and presenters are: Feb. 7 - "If you can't stand up, stand out!" - Video by Mike Schlappi March 7 - Congestive heart failure - Linda McCoy, RN April 4 - Implantable cardiac defibrillators & pacemakers - Kristi Kohli, RN May 2 - Heart care 2011 - Dr. Jerome Beekman
Sons of Adam, a rock band, will perform at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Bluffton town hall in the next Town Hall Concert Series performance.
The evening's opening act starts at 7:30 p.m.
"Some call it Folk, Indie, Alternative Rock, Apple-Core. But anyone raised in the '80s to '10s will recognize this style of music as their own, and anyone who loves earnest rock and roll with real musicianship involved will enjoy it," said Wendy Chappell-Dick of the cultural affairs committee.
Don't know what to do for Valentine's Day? The Centre at Bluffton has your answer. The Centre presents a sweetheart's dinner dance, from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 12 at The Centre, according to Brenda Gaines of The Centre.
The event includes the Stan Sterner Big Band performing, plus hors d'oeuvres, a dinner, cash bar and dessert. Tickets purchased before Tuesday, Jan. 25, are two for $60 or a table of eight for $200, plus tax.
