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John Flickinger stopped in Bluffton over the weekend and photographed the Bluffton town hall against an impressive summer sky drop back. He shared the photo with The Icon and we couldn't keep this art work to ourselves.

 

 

You never know when or where J Denny Beaver will show up next. He was spotted today at the Bluffton University youth volleyball camp. The Icon took this photo from Bluffton Athletics Twitter.

Starts Friday evening at Bluffton Family Recreation - Bluffton Relay for Hope

It’s Bluffton Relay for Hope weekend Friday and Saturday, June 23-24.

You’ve already figured that out by seeing the hanging items from Main Street Bluffton store awnings.

All events take place at Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road with events beginning at 2 p.m. Friday and concluding at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Visit the Relay's Facebook at BlufftonOhioRelayForHope, or CLICK HERE. The Facbook has more event details and several registration forms for those interested.

Richard Boehr with Janette Reineke and Beverly Amstutz, two daughter of Eugene Benroth, were recognized Friday at the 50th annual Bluffton Festival of Wheels.  Boehr and Benroth came up with the idea of an old car show in 1967 and the rest is history. (Mark Yoder photo)

In residence on Township Road 56, Ada

Two deaths, discovered at about 9 p.m. south of Bluffton on Monday, June 19, are under investigation by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department.

One woman and one man were found dead at a 23287 Township Road 56, Ada, residence, just north of U.S. Route 30 between Bluffton and Ada.

Marie R. Beach, 18, formerly of Lima, was identified as the woman. The man has not yet been identified.

Both bodies were taken to Lucas County for autopsies, according to the sheriff’s department, and the deaths are not currently under investigation.

Mother of Bluffton University graduate becomes a Bluffton grad

Two years after her oldest daughter, Zoey Miller ’14, walked across the stage of Bluffton University’s Sommer Center to receive her bachelor’s degree, Robin Pohl followed in her daughter’s footsteps.

Pohl, a 2016 degree-completion graduate, came to Bluffton to earn her bachelor’s in organizational management as a working adult. 

“I promised myself once Zoey and her sister, Quincy, were established and were certain to be college graduates, then it could be my turn,” said Pohl, an executive assistant at The Ohio State University Lima.

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