"Area runners and those interested in picking up the sport are encouraged
to join either the Walk to Run or Improve Your Run program at BFR," according to Carole Enneking, BFR director.
Meeting twice weekly for eight weeks, the running groups will work on
endurance and form. The Walk to Run program is designed for those
individuals who are already walking but have not ever attempted a 5K race.
By Jake Dowling, Icon summer intern
Imagine being one of the most successful baseball players in the state of Ohio, you recently graduated from college, and have endless possibilities ahead. Now imagine being picked up by a professional baseball team, joining its staff, going all throughout the country, oh, and making a little more money on the side.
This is the life of Austin Blaski, the Milwaukee Brewers new pitching prospect, who was drafted 665th overall in the 21st round in Major League Baseball's draft earlier this month.
15 minutes with Courtney Frederick - interviewed by Donald Ring, Icon summer intern
Let's start off with the basics: growing up, what schools did you attend and graduate from?
Growing up I was a little all over the place, kindergarten at Columbus Grove, first to10th grade in Bluffton, and 11th and 12th in Pandora-Gilboa. I graduated in 2006 from Pandora-Gilboa.
Transport for Christ Second Chance Chapel, Beaverdam, will hold a 1 p.m., Sunday, July 1, carry-in potluck and concert at the Beaverdam Church of Christ.
Persons attending are invited to bring one hot dish and one cold dish to share. Drinks and table service will be provided.
Following the meal Trinity will be in concert and a testimony will be given. The Transport for Christ chapel is located behind the Pilot station, Beaverdam. David Lugibihl serves as the organization's chaplain.
A birthday card shower is planned for Bonnie "Marie" Bourquin, a Mennonite Memorial Home resident, Bluffton, who turns 100 on July 5.
The soon-to-be centenarian was born in Columbus Grove to Ray and Floyd Bogart. She grew up on a farm on Road 12 0, between Columbus Grove and Kalida.
On June 5, 1938, she married Gladwin Bourquin, who died in 2002.
She worked in Toledo and then Michigan. After marrying her husband, who was from Archbold, the couple eventually lived at 213 N. High St., Columbus Grove.
Tbe annual Bluffton Lions Club family picnic is planned for 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 17, at Twin Lakes Park, rural Bluffton. The club will provide meat, drinks and ice cream.
Club members may bring table service and a covered dish. Persons attending are also invited to bring swim suits and fishing poles.
Members should RSVP to Barbara Plaugher, 419-204-2242 or [email protected] by July 10.
