The Four Deuces Car Club will host its 4th Annual Cruise In at Hilty Home in the front parking lot on Thursday, July 19, from 6-8 p.m. Hilty Home is located at 304 Hilty Drive, Pandora.
The event is open to the public and will feature vintage automobiles as well as food and music. Admission is free.
For more information on the Cruise In, contact Dee Steffen at 419-384-3218.
The elders at Maple Crest Senior Living Village have been enamored with monarch butterflies since 2007.
That’s when administrator Lynn Thompson brought in a few caterpillars for observation and residents and staff alike watched in wonder as they became monarch butterflies and were released to begin their 3,000 mile migration route to Mexico.
As Dr. Jane Wood becomes adjusted to her new surroundings as Bluffton University president The Icon talked with her briefly on Monday about a range of subjects. A portion of that interview follows in a paraphrased fashion.
You are starting your third week at Bluffton. What’s taken place prior to this?
I’ve toured the campus, and gotten settled in my office, and now I want to dive deeper by meeting faculty and staff, putting names to faces.
The Bluffton Sardine swim team finished an impressive third place in the Western Ohio Aquatic League championship meet held this weekend in Wapakoneta.
Results are attached at the bottom of this story -
Nearly two-thirds of Bluffton swimmers improved their times since the start of the season.
In an age group breakdown Bluffton placed 1st in the 6 and under and 7-8 short free and short back, and won the combined 8 and Under age group.
Among festivities surrounding Friday's Western Ohio Aquatics League championships in Wapakoneta was an opening costume parade. Ada Icon photographer Ken Collins shares these photos of Bluffton team members in that event. Watch the Icon for WOAL coverage.
Bluffton council approved the hiring a Lesley Ducat as Bluffton’s newest full-time police office. Action was on Monday.
Ducat, of McComb, is a 2017 Siena Heights University graduate where she obtained a bachelor of arts with a criminal justice major. She also holds an associate’s of arts degree from Owens Community College with a major in criminal justice.
She interned with the McComb Police Department and has volunteered with several non-profit organizations including Share the Warmth, Habitat for Humanity, Cherry Street Mission and Ronald McDonald House.
