The next lunchtime meeting of the Bluffton Lions Club will be held Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Maple Crest at noon.
The featured speaker will be Peter Previte, professor of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University. He will be speaking on the topic of a “Brief History of the Federal Food/Drug/Cosmetic Act”.
In additonal business, the meeting will include the induction of some new members.
If members have not already signed up for lunch, they may do so by emailing [email protected]
The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors met Thursday in Columbus for its regularly scheduled January meeting. The following are highlights from the meeting. The complete set of meeting minutes will be posted at www.OHSAA.org.
The Bluffton University cheerleaders will host two clinics for girls in grades 3-8, leading to a performance at a Bluffton men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 9.
Participants will learn a chant, cheer and dance at the clinics, scheduled for 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, and Thursday, Feb. 7, in Founders Hall. Cost is $25, which includes a t-shirt.
The performance will take place at halftime of the Feb. 9 basketball game against Hanover in the new Sommer Center. The game begins at 3 p.m.
Lauren Yost is the final BHS Student of the Month for 2012. Lauren is the daughter of Jason and Jennifer Yost of Bluffton.
Lauren has maintained a 4.000 GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society. She is a member of the BHS Latin, Drama and Math clubs and is a member of the D3 OMEA Honors Choir. She participates in marching, concert, jazz and pep bands, is part of the BHS Strings program and sings in the BHS concert, chamber and show choirs.
This is the second set of interviews with Bluffton third graders. Interviewed with teacher’s name listed: Ethan Beach (Beth Raeburn), Lauren Gray (Andy Armstrong), Nathan Kupferer (Ann Kingsley) and Ayden Cupples, (Janelle Bogart).
What book series are your reading at the moment – and tell me a little about it.
The Beavers snapped a three-game conference losing skid after defeating Earlham College, 72-64, at home on Wednesday, Jan. 9. The win moved the Beavers to 7-7 overall and 2-5 in the Heartland Conference. Earlham fell to 2-12 and 1-6 in the HCAC
For the second year running, 'Mason' was the most popular name for Bluffton born baby boys. Of the over 200 names provided to the Icon by the Bluffton Hospital OB Department, 'Mason' appeared four times, more than any other name, boy or girl.
For the rest of the boys, the following names appeared more than once:
Abram Aidan Asher Carter Connor James
Jase Jaxson/Jaxon Joel Kaleb Landon Levi Logan/Login Oliver
Ryker Samual Thomas William Wyatt
Diamond Manufacturing of Bluffton may have a solution to businesses seeking office space locally.
The industry located at the 505 E. Jefferson St. (corner of County Line Road and Jefferson) has seven office spaces available for rent – and these are available immediately. The office area is along the Jefferson Street side of the Diamond plant.
Tammy Whitlow of Diamond told The Icon that in addition to the office space, the facility has a lobby, reception area, kitchenette, a conference room, rest rooms plus some storage area.
Princess Gladys Long Grismore, 98 died at 11:50 am January 8, 2013 at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora.
She was born May 2, 1914 in Lima to the late Floyd and Louise (Lauck) Long. She also had a stepfather Omar Johnson who preceded her in death. On August 31, 1935 she married Fred L. Grismore and he died November 29, 1981.
She was a former employee of Lima Printing and Ledger Company. She lived all of her married life on the Grismore Farm near Pandora.
