January 2013

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce newsletter of Jan. 25, is now on the Icon. Click  here to view (this will take you to the newsletter posted on the chamber website.

The February newsletter of the Bluffton Lions Club is now posted on The Icon. Click on the image below this story to view it.

St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton, offers several worship options in February, according to Rev. Carol Clements, pastor. The schedule follows:

Sunday, February 3–10:30 a.m.–Four Chaplains’ Sunday.  American Legion sponsoring recognition of the Four Chaplains of various faiths who sacrificed their lives during World War 11.  Legionnaires are invited to come as a group.

Holy Communion will also be observed.

The St. John's United Church of Christ February newsletter is now posted for Icon viewers to read. You may open it below this story.

Baby - it was cold outside. Over the past seven days low temperatures in the area bottomed out at 4 degrees, 5 degrees and 7 degrees. Jan. 28 was the first day when the low was above freezing. Here's the recent seven-day high, low and precipitation report from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date        High    Low   Prec.

 

Apollo Career Center will hold its first-everl Apollopalooza on Jan. 29, 5:30-7 p.m., to kick-off National Career and Technical Education Month, which runs through February. Apollopalooza will showcase both the high school and adult education programs. The event is free and open to the public.

The Ohio Department of Transportation announced that State Route 12 in Columbus Grove will be closed or 90 days for sewer replacement beginning Monday, Feb. 4.

Traffic will be detoured onto State Route  65 and Sycamore Street and back to State Route 12.

The Department of Agriculture will hold an openhouse from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Feb. 4, at the Bluffton Public Library to discuss the gypsy moth.

Allen, Hancock and Putnam counties will receive gypsy moth aerial treatment tis spring in an effort to slow the spread of the destructive insect.

The open house will give residents a chance to ask questions and talk with experts.

Persons unable to attend may click here for more information.

The February newsletter from the Bluffton Senior Citizens Association is now posted for Icon viewers. It is found at the bottom of this story.

The Van Wert Civic Theatre is presenting the Tony Award winning musical Big River, a country and bluegrass musical adaptation of Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

The show is directed by Jerry  Zimmerman and features two Bluffton dramatists, Everett Collier and Dan Basinger.

Everett Collier is performing in the role of Big Jim, the runaway slave who encounters Huck while seeking his own freedom.

Dan Basinger plays Pap Finn, Huck's drunk and violent father and the catalyst behind Huck's own journey.

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