All are welcome to the annual Swiss Day potluck and open house, Sunday, June 24.
The potluck, at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, 8905 Grove Road, at 12:30-3 p.m., features a musical program by Wilmer Sprunger and friends of Berne Ind., with an opening by the Bluffton-Pandora Swiss Chorus.
Bring a dish, already hot or cold and ready to serve, and your own table service (plates and silverware). Drinks will be provided.
Western Square Dancing is coming to the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center in June, July and August, according to Tonya Myers, Center director.
The dances are:
Monday, June 25
Monday, July 26
Monday, Aug. 27
A beginner's lesson is at 6:30 p.m. followed by dancing for everyone from 7 to 9 p.m. A professional caller will be at each dance. The cost is $2 for members and $3 for non-members.
Rev. James "Jim" D. Kuhn, 79 of Lima, Ohio, died on Monday, June 18, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio at 5 a.m. He was a former pastor of the Bluffton First United Methodist Church.
Born Wednesday, May 31, 1933, in Burton, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Homer Kuhn and the late Phoebe (Ashcraft) Kuhn. He married Nancy Shuster Kuhn, June 29, 1957. She survives in Lima.
We continue our flight around Bluffton in the late 1940s. Here is the Grove Street-Kibler Street neighborbood. It shows just the edge of Motter Metro Park. If you examine back yards closely you will notice several clothes lines with clothes drying
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
Hi everyone! I am Jake Dowling, the University of Findlay intern working for the Bluffton Icon for the summer. I have written a few articles on the Icon including a story on Issac Schumacher, the upcoming Mennofolk event, a story on Scott Weissling, an tutor looking for work and a story on Bridge Hospice holding classes for volunteers.
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The third annual Bluffton American Legion Post 382 Golf Scramble is Saturday, July 21, at the Bluffton Golf Club.
Tee time is 9 a.m. Registration begins at 8 a.m. A shotgun start begins the scramble.
The cost per person is $50 and $200 per team. The scramble's proceeds help the Legion sponsor Buckeye Boy and Girl State participants, Wounded Warriors, Honor Flight, Youth Oratorical Contest, American Scholarship Fund and the Veterans Food Pantry.
The accompanying flyer lists all the details of the event. A registration form is also an attachment to this story.
The fifth annual George H. Frazee III Golf Outing, which is an 18-hole, four-persons scramble, takes place with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start Saturday, July 7, at the Bluffton Golf Club.
The purpose of the outing is to raise funds in support of the George H. Frazee III Bluffton University Scholarship Fund.
A team registration form is an attachment to this story. All other information about the scramble is on the form.
While ever car was a winner, Larry Grismore's 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 of Ottawa, took the Best of Show award at this year's Lions' Club Wheels' Fest.
"The 45th Festival of Wheels was a great success. I would like to thank all those involved in helping with the set up of the car show. It takes so many people to pull off an event like this," said Dennis Morrison, car show chairperson.
