Come on down, the water's fine..well, finally frozen. The Icon snapped a photo of a lone ice skater on the Little Riley Creek just south of the Grove Road bridge on New Year' Eve.
Leslie Wayne “Leo” Schick, 63, died Dec. 29, 2017, at home surrounded by his wife and son.
Les was born on Sept. 23, 1954, in Lima. He married Laura (Berger) Schick who survives.
Les is a 1972 graduate of Allen East High School. He retired from Ford Motor Company – Lima Engine Plant. Member of UAW Local #1219, AMA and ABATE of Ohio.
David W. Pugsley, 71, died on Dec. 30, 2017, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home, Lima.
David was born June 25, 1946, in Lima, to Warren and Betty (Rosemier) Pugsley who preceded him in death. On Jan. 29, 1972, he married Joyce (Klausing) Pugsley who survives.
Jay A. Bosse, 61, of rural Orange Township, died at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at his home. Jay was born on Nov. 15, 1956, in Bluffton, Ohio, to Ernest W. and Naomi L. (Burkholder) Bosse.
Anyone with the notion that winter is simply dull white on brown needs to take a hike.
For a perfect winter hike try Bluffton's Motter Metro Park, part of the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District.
The Icon did just that on New Year’s Eve.
With an almost full moon rising, temperatures in the low teens, snow on the ground and animal tracks mixed with winter boot prints, here it what the Icon found in the early evening of Dec. 31, 2017.
