Bob Kindred never played at the state basketball tournament, but last week he was on the OSU basketball court.
At halftime of the Division III state finals game Kindred was recognized as one of five recipients of this year’s Bob Arnzen Award.
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The Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association presents the Arnzen Award annually to a basketball coach who has devoted 20 consecutive years or more of service to the same school and for loyalty and commitment to Ohio high school basketball.
How aware are you of bike and pedestrian rules and laws in Ohio?
The Creating Healthy Communities (CHC) Program of Allen County Public Health recently partners with MOVE Safe Allen County to provide communication education for bike and pedestrian safety.
To assist these groups, the Icon invites viewers to click on the link and take a 10-question quiz.
Here’s a sample quiz question: You’re passing someone riding a bike while driving on a local roadway. What should you do?
John Betts of Bryan and father of David Betts, one of seven people killed in the Bluffton University March 2, 2007, bus crash, is the special guest at Wings of Hope, held later this spring in Sylvania.
Sponsored by the Good Grief of Northwest Ohio, the evening includes a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 3, at Sylvania Country Club, 5201 Corey Road, Sylvania.
In the 11 years since the tragedy, Betts has kept the promise he made in the aftermath of the crash: He would do everything he could to keep someone else’s child from suffering a similar fate.
Steven "Bear" D. Leiber, 51, died at 12:52 p.m., March 27, 2018, at Vancrest Nursing Home of Ada. Steve was born July 2, 1966, in Bluffton to Dwain and LouAnn (Seever) Leiber.
Bear was injured 13 years ago from a snowmobile accident. He was a 1985 graduate of Bluffton High School and had worked at DTR Industries in Bluffton.
Bluffton University will host the annual Riley Creek Festival from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Sommer Center.
Free and open to the public, the festival will feature block-party-style events including: family-friendly inflatables, games and other activities. The event will conclude with the traditional rubber duck race on Riley Creek starting at 4 p.m. Rubber ducks will be sold for $1 each, with proceeds to benefit the Bluffton food pantry. Duck race winners will receive prizes donated by local businesses.
The Bluffton University art department will present the 51st Juried Student Exhibition from April 9-May 6 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery in Sauder Visual Arts Center. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will showcase work created this academic year by students in university art classes or supervised independent studies.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
