Friday's Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast includes some art.
Nearly a dozen holiday-themed pieces of work will be auctioned. Proceeds from the auction go to the artists, who are Bluffton High School students.
In November Neil Reichenbach of Reichenbach and Steiner CPA displayed these works in the CPA office window. The holiday art display is annual art competition sponsored by the Main Street business.
Lexy Lehman is the Icon's Bluffton High School artist of the month. The BHS senior has taken Art one, Design 1, Mural, Art seminar and Crafts, according to Vickie Garmon, art teacher.
"I enjoy art because it helps to express mysel," said Lexy about art. "Art also has always been a part of my life even from a very young age. I enjoy seeing the happiness it can bring to people."
Lexy plans to attend Ohio State Beauty Academy following high school graduation.
Mennonite Memorial Home will host a free, one-hour presentation on Parkinson’s Disease on Thursday, Jan, 31. from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. The presentation provides CEUs for social workers and nurses. The public is also welcome to attend.
Here are the most popular baby names of the Bluffton area, born at Bluffton Hospital this year. Of the nearly one hundred reported to the Icon, the top names were Grace for a girl, and Owen, for a boy.
Maple Crest resident JoAnn Hilty may not have worked her fingers to the bone, but she does have a few bumps on them from years of “knotting” comforters. A talented quilter and flower arranger, Hilty is a Pandora “city girl” who moved with her husband to a dairy farm near Bluffton at age 18.
“I didn’t know a thing about farming,” Hilty laughed, “but I found out soon enough why Arthur was always late for our dates. Farming is hard work. There were cows to milk, calves to feed and chores to finish.”
