"The Bluffton We Never Knew," a photo history book of Bluffton from 1861 to 1911, is the subject of an Our Version of Adult Learning (OVAL) held at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center on Monday, March 19.
According to Tonya Meyer, director of the center, the program starts at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
Several photos from the book will be shows and described. In addition copies of the book will be available for sale at $19.95 plus tax.
The book was released this winter by the Bluffton Icon.
Pandora-Gilboa High School Rockets boys' basketball team broke the sound barrier Friday. The Rockets defeated Crestview in the Division IV regional title game at BGSU. The win set the stage for P-G's first-ever trip to Columbus on Thursday. Click here for details of the state contest, plus photos of the regional title game. (Angie Verhoff photo)
It’s new territory for the Pandora-Gilboa High School boys’ basketball team, and a familiar one for Putnam County teams. Ottoville and Ottawa-Glandorf girls' teams took the Columbus trip this past weekend.
The Bluffton school board will act on an agreement on Monday for the construction of new air handlers, controls and piping for air conditioning in the new high school gym.
A bid of $211,755 from All Temp Refrigeration is being considered for the project. The board is part of the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) Program and TIPS had approved the bid.
Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent, told the Icon that the gym is not currently air conditioned.
The Bluffton Lions Club selected Fred Steiner as the recipient of its Citizen of the Year award for 2017.
Steiner is the former director of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs. he is a member of the Bluffton Community Assistance Board, the Bluffton Pathway Bicycle Board, the R.L. and Etta Triplett Memorial Foundation and the Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery board.
Columbus Grove High School presents "The Drowsy Chaperone,” a parody of American musical comedy in the 1920s.
Performances are 7 p.m., Friday, March 23, and 7 p.m., Saturday, March 24, in the Columbus Grove auditorium.
The story concerns a middle-aged, asocial musical theatre fan as he plays the record of his favorite musical, the fictional 1928 hit The Drowsy Chaperone.
The show comes to life onstage as he wryly comments on the music, story and actors.
