The Bluffton track teams competed in the Bill Krause Invitational Saturday. The boys finished 13th of 13 teams. The Lady Pirates did not score any points on the day as only five team members competed.
Scoring points for Bluffton were:
Boys 4x800 - 4th at 8:37 - Baylor Garmatter, Asher Antrim, Simon Derstine, Luke Young
Here's a Blufton parade in the early 1940s. This is the Bluffton Masonic Lodge. Several observations:
• 48-star flags
• Western Ohio Railroad interuban tracks still evident on Main Street
• Elk Restaurant in the building that today houses Ellerbrock Spine and Soft Tissue
• Check out the awnings on the restaurant
• Muma's Electric Shop, radio service in is the office that today houses Faith Investment Services
• Apparently, behind that Oscar Velasquez mural is a large mural ad for a 5 cent cigar that is "truly a 10 cent quality"
NMM 6 is on a classic Ohio plate with Hancock County sticker. The Icon spotted it on Main Street Bluffton on a silver Toyota. Don't worry - it's not expired. We took the photo in February.
Even if you didn't attend the Bluffton High School prom, the Icon takes you there.
This year's Bluffton High School prom was Saturday evening, in Marbeck Center. And, this year, the prom theme was "Vegas," which also matches the post-prom theme.
Dakota Bricker was the prom king and Alison Wise the prom queen.
Many parents, family and friends are invited to watch the promenade in Founders Hall. That's where Jamie took the photos - see them below.
The Bluffton tree commission will celebrate Arbor Day with a tree planting at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 28, in the Village Arboretum. The event is open to the public.
The arboretum is between Mustard Seed Café and County Line Road, north of the National Quarry on Lake Street.
A shade tree will be planted just west of the Lake Street entrance to John’s Body Shop. Bluffton celebrates its 25th Arbor Day celebration with the Tree City USA program.
Bluffton University will celebrate its annual May Day weekend of festivities May 4-6. The traditional end-of-the-academic-year celebration intertwines the past by hosting alumni reunions, the present by honoring this year's graduates and the future with first-year students performing the traditional Maypole dance. Classes ending in an eight or three and the class of 2017 will celebrate reunions.
Friday
The events begin on Friday, May 4, with the Juried Student Art Exhibition in Sauder Visual Arts Center. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
