Jeff Gundy, a professor of English at Bluffton University, has been named 2014 Ohio Poet of the Year for his collection “Somewhere Near Defiance,” published last year by Anhinga Press.
The Ohio Poetry Day Association has presented the award annually since 1976 to a poet or poets on the basis of a book published in the previous year or two.
Bluffton residents doors will knock often between 6 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, during the trick-or-treat hours. Here's a group of Halloweeners from last year, from left, Avery Smith, Gracie and Toby Yarnell and Jackson Bowlus.
It’s a busy month in November for the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.
The Center will celebrate its 45th anniversary with an open house from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5. The celebration includes cake and hors d’oeuvres. Following the open house is one of the twice-monthly community meals, which starts at 6 p.m.
During its Monday, Nov. 9, annual meeting, members who died from Nov. 1, 2014, through Oct. 31, 2015, will be remembered.
William Boyd Watkins, 83, died Oct. 27, 2015, at 10:54 p.m. at Bluffton Hospital.
Boyd was born April 5, 1932, in Bluffton to George and Agnes (Jones) Watkins who preceded him in death.
Boyd worked for the Village of Bluffton for 30 years in the public works department. He was a member of the First Missionary Church, Bluffton, and was an army veteran.
Survivors include a sister-in-law, Rosezella Watkins of Lima and 17 nieces and nephews.
Marlena Ballinger of The Dough Hook reminds Icon viewers that it's time to order your Bowman and Landes fresh, never frozen, free-range turkey for Thanksgiving.
Whole turkeys:
$3.39 per pound - ranging in size from 10 to 12 pounds all the way to 27-plus pounds
Fresh turkey breasts:
• $6.19 per pound -sizes available from 4 to 10 pounds
The Dough Hook
117 N. Main St.
Bluffton
419-369-4264
