Let's have a little fun before school starts. Bluffton High School's summer band camp is now behind us, but the photos live on.
Thanks to Rachael Lewis, The Icon can share lots of band camp memories with Icon viewers - including BHS band alumni who know the drill and who have been there.
We provide three sets of photos for your enjoyment.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
And while on the subject, here's another plug for band alums to join in the alumni band fun happening on a football field near you soon:
Honor Flight of Northwest Ohio will be the recipient of nearly $1,500 as a result of a benefit dance held Saturday night at the Findlay Senior Center.
Night Jazz, a 21-piece Findlay area swing band, played three sets over three hours before a crowd of about 200 people at the event.
Blufftonite Alisa Diller plays trombone for the band and was featured on several solos throughout the night including her take on Tommy Dorsey's theme song "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You."
The descendents of Russell and Josephine Huber, lifelong Richland Township residents, met for a family reunion recently. Every family has a story, and this family of Hubers certain has some good ones.
Rather than putting it all in sentence form, here are some of the interesting bits of information shared with The Icon by the family.
Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton, invites the public to its annual community "Concert on the Lawn," at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 19.
The public is invited to the outdoor concert on the backyard lawn of Mennonite Memorial Home where they will hear the Caribbean music of Pantasia, a steel-drum band from Findlay High School.
The next Maple Crest Senior Living, Bluffton, Sunday buffet is Aug. 19, according to Daren Lee, director of Maple Crest.
The menu includes:
o cube steak
o pork tenderloin with apricot glaze
o mashed potatoes with gravy
o green beans
o dinner rolls
o peach pie
o coffee and iced tea.
The buffet is in the Patio Room at Maple Crest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is open to all adults 55 and older at a cost of $5 per person.
The next buffet following Sept. 9.
Bluffton Boy Scout Troop 256 currently has four Eagle Scout projects in progress in the Bluffton area. For a scout to achieve the rank of Eagle, he must lead a project sponsored by an organization that will make an improvement for the betterment of the community.
The Eagle Scout project is the culmination of a Scout's training to demonstrate his leadership capabilities and must be completed prior to the Scout's 18th birthday.
Justin Paul
