Who doesn't like a parade? The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce Blaze of Lights Committee invites Icon viewers, area businesseses, churches, service organizations, to consider entering this year's Blaze of Lights parade.
Over 200 parade invitations are going out this week to area organizations, according to Junior Weihrauch of Arlington, the Blaze parade chairperson. Last year's parade had nearly 85 entries. Weihrauch says that he hopes for a 100-unit parade this year.
This year's Blaze theme is "A Victorian Christmas."
Cara Lynn Hahn and Andrew Philip Bixel were united in marriage at 11:30 a.m., June 2, 2012 at Dimnent Chapel on the campus of Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Rev. Ron Aulbach officiated at the wedding.
Parents of the bride are Mark and Kay Hahn of Rockford, Michigan. Parents of the groom are Richard and Gera Bixel of Pandora, Ohio.
Maid of honor was Amy Weber, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Lizzy Haworth-Hoeppner, Sydney Morris, and Liz Haynes, all friends of the bride.
One of the toughest challenges a cancer patient may face is getting to and from treatment. Patients may be too sick to drive themselves, may not have a car or someone to drive them, or simply cannot afford gasoline. The American Cancer Society is working to bridge this barrier.
Road to Recovery is a new program to Hancock County and the surrounding area. Through this project, volunteers are trained to provide patients with free rides to treatment centers.
Bluffton's Relay For Life wrap-up meeting Thursday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. on the third floor of Bluffton's town hall building, according to Adam Blevins of the American Cancert Society.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association will sponsor its annual summer community worship service on Sunday, July 29. The service begins at 9 a.m. and is held on the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn.
The theme is "For the Beauty of the Earth" and the service will continue the VBS theme from the previous week.
This year, there will be only one offering taken, and that will be for the community food pantry.
