April 2015

Don R. Luginbuhl, 58 died April 9, 2015 at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

Here's the Bluffton High School Hi-Y from 62 school years ago.

According to the Bluffton High School yearbook: Hi-Y is a group of sophomore, junior and senior boys joined together for good fellowship and to fulfll the Hi-Y purpose which is “To create, maintain and extend throughout the home, school and community, high standards of Christian Character.”

This photo is from the 1952-53 school year. Names of members are posted on the photo.

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According to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal office, the village of Bluffton’s safety service committee will meet on Monday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m.

During March eight Bluffton and Pandora congregations partnered with Samaritan House and Crossroads Crisis Center in Lima, through the “Supply Our Sisters,” (SOS) program.  
The month-long project involved collection of feminine hygiene products and the churches are collection points.

The SOS project was an overwhelming success, according to Amy Mikesell, who coordinated it.

The final report showed the following collected items: 5,870 tampons, 8,325 pads and 3,782 pantiliners, adding up to 17,977 items. 

Bluffton University will host the annual Riley Creek Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11, in the Sommer Center.

Open to the public, the event is free except for lunch, which costs $9 for community members.

The festival will feature family-friendly inflatables, a balloon artist, music, games and other activities, concluding with the traditional rubber duck race on Riley Creek. Rubber ducks will be sold for $1 each, with proceeds to benefit the Allen County Humane Society. Duck race winners will receive prizes donated by local businesses.

The Icon reports several viewers have sighted a ring-neck pheasant in the downtown Bluffton area.

Tonya Meyers showed us the proof. Here's a photo of the downtown mascot behind Webb Insurance.

 

 

The Pandora United Methodist Church will be hosting a free Community Meal on Wednesday, April 29 from 5:30-7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora. The meal this month is provided by Wednesday Witness Group. The menu will be sausage (hot dogs for kids) sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, roll, jello salad, dessert and beverage.

April 7, 2015
By: Ryan Schadewald, sports information assistant

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 By Monty Siekerman, Ada Icon
How do you mix several flavors into many buckets of popcorn?

You ask ONU mechanical engineering students to invent a process that will save time and money and results in less waste.

As a senior capstone project, four students took on the challenge last fall at the request of Pete Suter, the owner of Shirley's Popcorn in Bluffton.

They designed and built a system for measuring and dispensing the ingredients into small packages which are sealed for use on demand.

The Icon welcomes a new blogger to the site. Paula Pyzik Scott of Bluffton, has recently started a blog and viewers may read it by clicking here. Viewers may also access her blog on the Icon homepage under "Icon blogs."

Scott, owner of PS Editorial Services, Bluffton, assists clients with website content, social media management, web profile auditing, copywriting and editing. 

Here first blog title is: "Is there a little copyeditor in you?" She is also an Icon advertiser. 

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