Could Bluffton be the location of a major announcement soon by Donald Trump, presidential hopeful?
Candidate Trump may have narrowed down to five small Ohio communities, each with a four-year liberal arts college, as possible locations where he may announce his choice of a vice presidential running mate.
The Icon understands the five villages in the final cut include:
Bluffton eighth grader Courtney McLaughlin's performance at Saturday's Division I boys' state finals basketball game got us to thinking.
In 2011 Kevin Gratz and his "Shirts and Pants" extra-curricular male choir of Bluffton High School boys also advanced to the state finals. That 15-member choir also performed the National Anthem.
The photo above shows the group minutes before walking out on the basketball court.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce continues to add events to Bluffton 2016 calendar. Here's the update as of March 17. Organizations with additional events to add may send details to [email protected]
Two significant local levies are on the March 15 local ballot:
• Bluffton school income tax renewal levy
• Bluffton Public Library renewal levy
Both deserve every voter’s support.
School levy highlights
Money generated by the school levy is used to replace roofs, buy new busses, remodel classrooms, air condition the elementary, purchase new boilers and update technology, etc. The money is not and cannot be used for salaries or fringe benefits.
Here's Mike Hilty, Bluffton High School boys' tennis coach, shoveling snow last March, in anticipation of the 2015 tennis season.
Yes, what a different a year makes. One year later, (below) here's Misha Groman practicing a serve as a warm up for the 2016 tennis season.
Temperatures were in the high 60s when this photo was taken. Last year we didn't check the temperature when the snow shoveling photo was taken, but it was at least a 35 degree difference.
