Bluffton’s boys basketball team opens the 2017-18 campaign Friday evening with a home contest against Leipsic. The Pirates will look to continue their momentum after making the District Tournament the past two seasons. BHS finished with a 13-12 record last year including a 4-4 mark in NWC play.
New to this year's Blaze of Lights is a lighted Christmas tree that goes above Main Street rooftops. Here's the view from Citizens National Bank. Watch the Icon all December as we feature holiday lights of Main Street businesses, residences, Gift of Giving and Ream holiday folk art display.
The Bluffton Community Assistance Program is busy at this time of year. Here’s a chat the Icon had with Jami Crawfis, who directs the program's food pantry.
Jami, are there families in the service area of the food pantry that need assistance at Christmas?
In all, we have 64 families already adopted. We have three individuals and two families with older teenagers still to adopt.
The adopting families will provide fresh, frozen and/or canned food items (or even gift cards to a grocery store) for each family as well as gifts from their wish list.
A one-of-a-kind piece of Bluffton history and one of the community’s oldest known objects is for sale.
It’s both functional and a work of art. Based upon its history, the object comes up for sale only twice every century.
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Its provenance includes residents (from present to originally owner) Richard Boehr, Dick and Bob Millager, Charles Hankish, Sr., D.S. Flick and maybe even D.L. Goble.
The piece is a combination safe on four wheels. It weighs several hundred pounds.
Five special soccer opportunities in addition to league play are available in January at Bluffton Family Recreation, according to Amy Byers, sports coordinator.
BFR’s winter session starts the week of Jan. 8, and registration is now underway. Persons can register by calling BFR at 419-358-4150 or by registering online at: www.bfronline.com
• A soccer skills class takes place Thursdays from 4: 30 to 5:30 p.m. for youth 14 and under. Mateo Bonifaz, BHS grad, is the class instructor.
