If ever there was a reason to hold a garage sale in Bluffton, you might seriously consider holding it on May 19-20-21.
The the three-day weekend of the Blufton Public Library's third annual community garage sale. To be listed in the library's publicity you must registered by May 4.
Contact the library for details or download the poster attachment at the bottom of this story.
Make way for Grand Shannon. The Bluffton Sportsmen's Club 67th annual trout derby, held Sunday, May 1, will honor the village sesquicentennial by naming its number one tagged ground "Grand Shannon."
This year's derby has over $4,000 in cash and prizes on tagged trout.
Icon viewers had a hand in naming this year's fish. The Sportsmen's Club invited The Icon to poll viewers on four suggested names for this year's tag number 1. Icon viewers chose "Grand Shannon."
BFR will offer several youth tennis programs this spring and summer, according to Carole Enneking.
BFF Sports and Fitness offers traditional lessons for youth as well as the newly created USTA Quickstart program.
Limited space for returning players is available in the remaining four-week session of traditional lessons.
Summer programs will include Quickstart program as well as traditional lessons. Quickstart (for ages 6-10 years) blends tennis skills with smaller court play.
A sesquicentennial community choir is organizing for the community worship service planned June 26 in the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn.
Mark Suderman, music director of First Mennonite Church, will direct the choir. The choir will have two rehearsals. The first is at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 15. The second is Friday, June 24, with the time of that rehearsal to be announced.
Rehearsals at in First Mennonite Church. All singers in the community are welcome to participate.
Members of the Bluffton Presbyterian Church youth group will hold a 30-hour famine May 6-7. This is the sixth year the the youth "go hungry so others may eat."
This year's country focus is Haiti. The youth will raise money for Haiti and also for relief efforts in Japan.
Interested in hearing the Bluffton High School jazz band without going to a concert? On Monday night the band, directed by Dave Sycks, performed in the Bluffton Public Library.
Interested in hearing the Bluffton High School jazz band without going to a concert? On Monday night the band, directed by Dave Sycks, performed in the Bluffton Public Library.
Smith's Realty, 147 N. Main St., Bluffton, announces a new listing. It is a residence at 220 Heather Lane, Pandora. For details open the attachment at the bottom of this story, or call Smith's at 419-358-1177. The information is also located on a printer-friendly display ad on the Icon classified page.
Deer Creek Shoppes along with Anne Stratton held an antique appraisal night at Maple Crest Senior Living Village on Thursday, April 14.
There were 15 items appraised that evening ranging from a flow blue lamp, and other ceramics, to quilts, silver, pictures, toys and textiles.
Some of the items were very unique, including:
* a Bavarian cut glass ruby red vase,
* an old pottery piggy bank,
* a World War I Military outfit,
* a five-claw Japanese garden seat, and a feather stuffed quilt that was hand stitched and pieced circa 1870-1890.
Bluffton Icon advertiser Drive Time Driving Instruction, with offices in Bluffton and Findlay, has a Bluffton class beginning May 1.
Drive Time Driving Instruction offers 24 hours of required classroom instruction, six sessions scheduled with your input, 8 hours of behind-the-wheel training, carefully chosen, highly-qualified instructors with classes in Bluffton and Findlay.
Drive Time's Bluffton office is at 505 E. Jefferson St. It will offer a new classroom in May.
