The landscape of Bluffton University is changing as you read this article. With the groundbreaking earlier this month of a new health and fitness center, work is now underway.
The former Bluffton University softball field below Marbeck Center is now a dirt track for heavy vehicles. Dirt is being brought to the site to lift it above the Riley Creek flood plain.
St. John Mennonite Church annexation project into the Village of Pandora will cost the village (including engineering fees) is estimated to be $145,648.50. That estimate was announced at the recent Pandora council meeting on July 12.
Other action at the meeting follow, through the report of the council minutes:
The Pandora Village Council met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
July 12, 2011, at 7:00 PM at the Municipal Building with Mayor, John Schlumbohm, presiding.
Pandora's Riley Creek Festival is Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13. Events on Friday include a car show, outdoor movie, food and carnival games.
Saturday's events include a parade, breakfast and lunch, chicken barbecue, health fair, performers, punt, pass and kick contest for youth, an auction an activities for children.
For a complete schedule open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Anna Michelle Feasel of Tiffin and Adam Joseph Brooks of Charlottesville, Va., and formerly of Bluffton, announce their engagement.
Anna is the daughter of Jim and Suzie Feasel of Tiffin. She graduated from Tiffin Calvert High School in 2003 and the University of Akron in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in dietetics. Anna is employed by ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers as Operations Manager at ACAC Adventure Central, Charlottesville, Va.
The Icon wishes two Bluffton residents belated birthday.
Kathleen Mikkelen, resident of the Mennonite Memorial Home, turned 94 on July 3. Erma Augsburger, resident of the Mennonite Memorial Home, turned 92 on July 21.
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If you've tried to use South Main Street to enter or leave Bluffton during the day, you'll discover that it's closed to traffic. The closing is due to the installation of a sanitary sewer replacement line going in.
The line ties Grove Street through the back yards of some West Kibler and some South Main properties where it enters Main near Clay Street.
Although Clay Street may be unknown to most residents, it is platted on village maps.
