Amy and Jared Byers completed their first full Marathon on Sunday, May 20. They ran the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon and despite temperatures in the 80's they finished smiling.
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Bluffton will observe Memorial Day on Monday, May 28. The Bluffton American Legion Post 382 will lead a parade from the town hall to Maple Grove Cemetery. Chad Cupples of Bluffton is this year's speaker.
The parade will start at 9 a.m. Persons interested in participating should be at the town hall at 8:45 a.m.
The Bluffton American Legion Post honor guard will lead the parade
followed by the Bluffton High School band.
"We ask that all citizens to please remove their caps to show respect for the American flag," said Dennis Morrison of the Legion Post.
Story and photo by Jake Dowling, Icon summer intern
Isaac Schumacher of Bluffton, a sophomore graphic design major at Bluffton University, loves to sketch and draw.
"When I was a kid, I liked to do little cartoons," he said. "Even though I never believed it would become an actual career, it has always been a passion of mine."
Little did he know that his talents are helping students in classrooms all over Ohio this spring.
The Bluffton Senior Center is traveling to the Hawaiian Islands from Sept. 1 to 12 and you are invited.
The group will be travel with Country Travels Discoveries who will take the group to the big sites in Hawaii as well as several farms.
Three islands will be visited, Oahu, the Big Island and Maui. Volcanoes National Park, the USS Arizona Memorial and the Pacific Hilo Tsunami Museum and some of the sites that will be visited. There will also be plenty of time to relax on the beach.
Apollo Career Center Carpentry and Construction and Equipment Technology classes are putting the finishing touches on Apollo's student-built house.
Open houses will be held June 3, from 1-3 p.m. The stone and vinyl ranch is is located on a wooded lot in Cridersville at 723 Briarwood. The interior includes three bedrooms, two full baths, Granite countertops and custom cabinets. It will be offered at public auction Saturday, June 23, at 10 a.m.
Bridge Hospice Bereavement Services, Findlay, will be hosting its annual bereavement camp for children, Camp S.T.A.R., June 11-14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Brugeman Lodge at Riverbend Park in Findlay.
Camp S.T.A.R., which stands for Special Times Always Remembered, is a four-day bereavement camp for children ages 6-12 who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Campers participate in fun, traditional camp activities combined with grief and loss education. Together, campers realize they are not alone with some of the questions and feeling they have been facing.
