The ArtSpace/Lima Photography Club will present its Annual Juried Exhibit from Jan. 6 through Feb. 11, in The Ellen Nelson Gallery at ArtSpace/Lima. For the 2017 exhibit, 86 artists from a 100-mile radius around Lima entered 222 photographs, 94 of which were accepted into the show.
Jurors for the exhibit were: Jordan Knepper, executive director of the Piqua Arts Council, and Andi Baumgartner, Assistant Professor of art at Bluffton University.
Ready for some basketball? High school boys’, university women or university men. Take your pick.
Between tonight and Saturday you can watch up to 12 games in three McDonald’s Holiday Basketball Tournaments with all games in Bluffton.
A high school boys’ tourney is Tuesday and Wednesday at Bluffton High School. A university women’s tourney is Thursday and Friday at Bluffton University. And, a university men’s tourney is Friday and Saturday also at Bluffton University.
Don't use West Elm Street for a trip out of town. These big cats are at work on the west side of the Elm Street bridge. The village is installing an interceptor sewer line going all the way to the Spring Street plant.
Eight Bluffton Middle School teachers were recognized by the Ohio Department of Education for their efforts on creating “Night at the Museum."
Teachers from left, Jared Byers, Janelle Bogart, Natalie Armstrong, Robin Ault, Cindy Lee, Jackie Bourassa, Lauren Moser and Sandy Karhoff.
This past year’s museum night in April was a cross-cultural project with Language Arts and Social Studies and involved 260 sixth, seventh and eighth graders. Over 900 persons visited the museum during its one-night event.
Here's a Bluffton Christmas card from 93 seasons ago. It's mailed with a 1 cent stamp to the Icon owner's grandmother, Bertha Hahn, 216 W. Elm St., Bluffton, from her brother, Werner Althaus in Toledo. The postmark is Dec. 15, 1923. The card's message is below.
Photos by Jamie Nygaard
Leave it to Kindergartners to have all the fun.
LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW -
On the last day of school of 2016 lots of exciting events took place in the Bluffton elementary school.
One was a Christmas party in Kindergarten with parents, grandparents and great-grandparents invited. It wasn't just any old party. It was a gingerbread house decorating event plus the performance of a winter skit that the students had memorized.
