The Haunted Maze Within, will take place this weekend at Twin Lakes Park, 3506 Township Road 34, Bluffton. Elaine and Bob Harris, Twin Lakes Park owners, say that the maze is a family event.
Hours are Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1 and 2, from 9 p.m. until later in the evening. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for juniors and free for campers. Also available is free cider, hot dogs and snacks.
Twin Lakes has held the maze for several years and this is the first year it is open to the general public.
Five certified staff received salary increases as a result of action taken by the Bluffton school board on Sept. 27.
The increases follow: Nicole Anderson (BA to 150 hours); Andy Armstrong (BA+15 to MA), Annie Gill (150 Hrs to MA), Tami Hardy (MA to MA+15) and Kathy Moser (150 Hrs to MA),
New classified contracts were issues to the following:
George Stechschulte, bus driver $14.26 per hour, 4 hours per day; Kathy Bishop, educational aide, $12.06 per hour, 7 hours per day; Daryl Shields, custodian, $13.91 per hour, 8 hours per day.
The Inn at Ohio Northern University offers Thursday Tea at the Inn every Thursday afternoon from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Inn. The garden courtyard is open for seating (weather permitting).
The next tea is Sept. 30. Featured tea is Spice of Life paired with Pumpkin Nut Bread in addition to a selection of Chef's Tea Sandwiches, Scones, Pastries, Tarts and Petite Fours. Champagne is also available.
Suddenly it's fall. Temperatures over the past seven days have dropped, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. Here are the highs, lows and precipitation report for the past seven days. Rain on Sept. 27 was one-half inch.
Ryan and Kristen Niekamp, Bluffton, announce the birth of a son, Kaden Michael Niekamp, at 9:26 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2010, at Bluffton Hospital. He weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20-1/2 inches long.
Grandparents are Kim McCullough, Bluffton, Randy McCullough, Fremont, and Rick and Janice Niekamp, Coldwater. Great-grandparents are Stan and Ruth Naylor, Bluffton, and Audrey Niekamp, Chickasaw.
The Bluffton Community Swimming Pool was $28,066 in the red as of the end of September, according to information provided in this week's Bluffton council packet.
That figure was actually an improvement from the previous year. The attachment to this article reveals swimming pool revenue and expenses each year since 2004.
This one's too good to be true. It's not really an official Florida plate. It's a mass-produced plate that resembles the real thing. Someone with a crazy idea, made some pretty good cash. The Icon spotted this bird at the Schumacher homestead.
Bluffton council voted 5-1 (Dick McGarrity voting no) giving the mayor authority to sign a petition in the village's behalf to support a land annexation involving the North Dixie Highway area, south of the corporation limits. This action took place at the Sept. 27 council meeting.
The village owns land in the area being petitioned for annexation into the village and is therefore allowed one vote in the matter. Should 51 percent of the property owners sign such a petition and bring it before council, and then council would act on the petition.
The Ada Bulldogs stopped Bluffton HS 42-6 on Sept. 24. Bluffton's lone TD was a Hunter Joseph 49-yard pass to Jacob Nienberg in the second period.
Ada took a 21-6 halftime lead. The Bulldogs extended that lead to 35-6 after three. Ada scored once in the final period.
Jeremy Basinger was in on 12 tackles for the Pirates. Drew Luginbuhl was in on 10, eight of which were solo tackles. Luginbuhl caught six passes for 129 yards in the loss.
Carol Edwards will host knitting classes at Bluffton Public Library, beginning Saturday, Oct. 2, and continuing until Saturday, Nov. 6. The classes will be held from 10 a.m. to noon.
Space is limited and registration is required. For more information, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org, visit the library or call 419-358-5016.
