The Blanchard Valley Hospital Auxiliary held its annual volunteer recognition banquet April 27.
At the banquet, the Auxiliary presented a check for $220,000 to Blanchard Valley Hospital leadership. The donation will be used to purchase a second UV-C Cleaning Robot. In addition to the second robot, the gift will also be used toward the purchase of a sponge detection system.
Dan Settlemire is a long-time Bluffton Sportmen's Club member. It's pretty obvious by the annual membership badges on his cap. The Icon captured him in this photo as he fished at the trout derby on Sunday.
Once upon a time gasoline was leaded, 30 cents a gallon, or cheaper.
Really.
Those days are gone, but many of the vehicles hooked on that gas survived. Over 200 of them return to Bluffton on Friday, June 16, for the 50th Bluffton Festival of Wheels cruise-in, sponsored by the Bluffton Lions.
A registration form is attached at the bottom of this story.
If luck prevails, you might catch glimpses of some gone-but-not forgotten heavy metal cruisers that once roamed Main Street Bluffton.
Matt Lora of Bluffton and Shawnee High School math teacher, was named Shawnee Optimist Club’s Educator of the Year.
Lora of 167 Hillcrest Dr., Bluffton, says that his ability to be a good educator comes from the environment he works in.
"It's been an awesome time at Shawnee High School; I've been surrounded by really good people in the math department, we're all very close and we're not afraid to share our materials with each other - it's just been a great time," Lora said.
