After 20 years working within several positions in the Village of Bluffton, John Bowers, has accepted the position of operator of the Village of Ada water plant.
He begins his new position in the neighboring village on Monday.
Since 2013 he has served as Bluffton’s waste water treatment plant operator. Bluffton’s plant handles over one-half million gallons of treated water on an average day, under Bower’s oversight.
“I started working for the village when I was 19,” said Bowers, a 1999 Bluffton High School graduate.
Naomi Basinger blew out 101 candles on her birthday on April 16. The lifelong Bluffton resident now lives at Hilty Home, Pandora.
Here's a photo from a short vido clip of her blowing a kiss to Icon viewers.
Naomi was born April 16, 1919, in Lafayette, to Harry E. and Chloe (Williams) Shrider. She married Orville Basinger on July 13, 1940. Orville died on Jan. 25, 1998. Naomi had worked at Westinghouse, Lima, and retired from Triplett.
On a random drawing of all contestants who sent the Icon photos of themselves wearing masks, the winning entry drawn is Mark Sommers. He wins a 1-item, 14 -inch Padrone's Pizza.
The contest had over 30 entries.
Here's how to enter this week's contest:
Last week's freak snowfall resulted in this snowperson appearing on the front lawn of 477 Cherry Street, Bluffton.
The Icon will accept entries in our "write a caption for this photo." Send your caption to: [email protected].
Dozens of mask styles are modeled by Bluffton Icon viewers at the bottom of this story.
Bluffton’s latest fashion statement quickly caught on in the past two weeks.
Cloth face coverings, aka, masks, may be more functional than decorative, however, that doesn’t keep Icon viewers to be creative when making their mask statement.
And, as viewed in the photos in this feature, masks are not limited to humans. You'll find a dog and a teddy bear wearing masks here.
Bluffton council approved two EMS promotions on Monday.
Jan Basinger, EMS chief, recommended to move Holly Bertka from assistant chief to captain and to move Rick Skilliter to assistant chief.
Basinger told council:
“Holly is a valuable officer and handles secretarial work and is treasurer of the department.”
“Rick has been doing our training for years and this requires many hours of work and he has never been compensated for it. He is a tremendous help through this pandemic and is a very valuable resource to the community.”
How did you do in the Weird Bluffton scavenger hunt?
Thanks for a contest created by Bluffton resident Ron Headings, the Icon invited viewers to find the location of 17 items in which clues were provided.
Each of the items could be seen within the boundaries of:
• Riley Street on the northeast
• Riley Creek on the southeast
• Kibler Street on the southwest
• Spring Street-Campus Drive on the northwest
