The boards of directors of Lima Family YMCA and Bluffton Family Recreation Center (CFR) are pleased to announce they have agreed to come together and operate as one organization. The organization will continue to operate existing facilities and offer programs in both Lima and Bluffton, with the Bluffton Family Recreation Center being re-named Bluffton Family YMCA.
Letter to the Icon from William Kose, MD, JD, Vice President of Special Projects, Blanchard Valley Health System
Those of you who receive health insurance through Medicaid, or food through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, will be affected by some changes happening soon.
While these changes are happening at the federal level, and affect multiple agencies, we here at Blanchard Valley Health System want to help make sure everyone has the information they need.
Both Medicaid and SNAP have been operating under different regulations ever since public health declared a federal emergency on Jan. 31, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. States could not remove the insured from their Medicaid rolls as long as the public health emergency was in effect.
Emmanuel United Church of Christ will be hosting a fish fry on Friday, March 10 from 4:00 to 7:00. The cost is $12 per meal. Dine in or carry out options are available, with carry out including up to three pieces of fish, cheesy potatoes, green beans, apple sauce and a cookie. There is a separate line for carry out.
Emmanuel United Church of Christ is located at 8375 Phillips Rd, Bluffton, and their phone number is 419-358-1561.
The Bluffton High School boys basketball team executed an epic fourth quarter rally to force an eventual double-overtime thriller against backyard rival Allen East in Div. III sectional semifinal action at the Elida Fieldhouse Wednesday night, February 22.
The Pirates then outscored AE in the second overtime 17-6, primarily from the foul line, to complete an improbable 78-67 comeback win, with the final margin of victory quite misleading.
Bluffton trailed by 16 points going into the fourth period, but rallied to tie it with a 27-11 flurry.
Including the overtimes, the Pirates outscored the Mustangs 50-23 after the third period. Bluffton scored 14 of its 17 points in the second OT at the charity stripe.
Both rivals came into the evenly-matched fray with identical 14-8 records.
Twelve Bluffton High School students have artwork on display in the 2023 Kewpee High School Invitational Exhibit which runs through March 1 at Artspace/Lima, 65-67 Town Square, Lima.
Three Bluffton students received awards for their work:
Brookly Nance - 1st place in Jewelry for "City Star"
Hayden Dearth - 2nd place in Sculpture for “Cabin on the Lake”
