July 2012

Dancers Elite of Bluffton is currently taking registration for its 33rd year of quality dance instruction. There is no registration fee. The studio has small classes and the lowest tuition prices in the area. ( Maximum student/family tuition-$70/month.) Call Debbie Garlock at 419-358-0900 for more information.

Icon viewers may now read the August events calendar for Maple Crest. It is posted in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

St. John's United Church of Christ will host an ice cream social in Oppermann Hall on Sunday, Aug. 5 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Peter Suter of Shannon Theatre announced that "Ice Age: Continental Drift" (PG) and Ted (R) will be shown at the theatre from July 27 - August 2.
Show times follow:
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2D only) - Each evening at 7 PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 and 4 PM.
Ted - Each evening at 9:30 PM.

There's a national park in the sanctuary of St. John's United Church of Christ.

That's because Bluffton Community Vacation Bible School is in session this week. SonRise National Park! is the theme. VBS is sponsored by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association.

Participating churches include
• Bluffton Presbyterian Church,
• Emmanuel United Church of Christ,
• English Lutheran Church,
• First Mennonite Church,
• First United Methodist Church,
• St. John’s United Church of Christ, and
• St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

By Jake Dowling Icon intern
Peppers and cabbages are not your typical planted crop, but for Bill Suter, cabbages and peppers are king.

“I wanted to grow cabbages and peppers to somewhat diversify the farm,” he says. “But a small portion of that are vegetables, most of it is corn and beans.”

“You just have to weather the storm,” says Suter, whose farm is on Road Q, between Bluffton and Pandora. Suter grows cabbages and peppers to go along with the other vegetables on 500-acres that he farms.

Here's the seven-day report for July from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Date High Low Rain
July 17 98 73
July 18 95 67 1.41
July 19 83 70 1.86
July 20 73 63 0.05
July 21 83 56
July 22 89 65
July 23 91 71 0.05

Western Ohio (west areas only)
Multiple Rounds of Strong-Severe Storms
(50-60 mph 9am-3pm)

Findlay HS Band "Pantasia"

Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton, invites the public to its annual community "Concert on the Lawn," at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 19.
The public is invited to the outdoor concert on the backyard lawn of Mennonite Memorial Home where they will hear the Caribbean music of Pantasia, a steel-drum band from Findlay High School.

Here is The Icon's continuing preview of the 2012 NFL season. This story covers the NFC East.
Click here for a preview of AFC North
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern

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