Bluffton’s Boy Scout Troop 256 is participating in a community-wide service project called Scouting For Food.
In fact, it’s the Scout’s biggest service project of the year. On Saturday, March 5, we’re going to go door-to-door in Bluffton to put a yellow grocery bag on everybody’s doorstep or porch. During the week, your bags can be filled with canned goods and such.
On March 12, put the filled bag back on your doorstep or porch. The Scouts will pick them up and take the donated items to the Bluffton Food Pantry.
Marcele (Marci) Reichenbach Kohli died Feb. 22, 2016, at the age of 93. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Dr. Paul “Gene” Kohli.
Surviving are her two daughters, Candace (Richard) Deubner and Karis (Paul) Wickensimer; four grandchildren, Heidi (Matthew) Kliewer, Derek (Diana) Deubner, Kami (Wesley) Carr, Grant (Susan) Wickensimer; and six great-grandchilren, Haley and Hadden Kliewer, Jake and Olivia Deubner, Charlton and Sullivan Carr.
If so, you are invited to "Speaking Swiss," Tuesday March 1, at 3 p.m. in the Family Room at Maple Crest.
If you would like to speak Swiss or listen to others speak Swiss, come to our monthly meeting at Maple Crest in Bluffton. There are often 18-24 people present.
FROM ADA ICON - Ada schools sent the follow alert message at 4:16 p.m. today:
"At the time of dismissal we received a suspicious call that forced us to evacuate the building. All students were safely evacuated from campus."
The Icon understands that the following officials are on the scene:
• Allen County Bomb Squad
• Hardin County Sheriff
• Ada Police Department
• On stand by is Ada-Liberty Township fire and EMS
HEARTLAND COLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT AT SOMMER CENTER
Bluffton University will host its first-ever Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament this weekend at the Sommer Center.
Tourney qualifiers by seed
1 – Bluffton 23-2, 16-2
2 – Rose-Hulman 22-3, 16-2
3 – Franklin 18-7, 14-4
4 – Transylvania 18-7,14-4
5 – Mt. St. Joseph 9-16, 8-10
6 – Defiance 7-18, 6-12
RIBBON CUTTING AT 12:15 P.M. FRIDAY - MARCH 11!
Dr. Matthew Ellerbrock, chiropractic physician, opened Ellerbrock Spine and Soft Tissue in Bluffton on Feb. 17.
It is at 120 N. Main St., Suite A, in the former Forever in Stitches storefront. That business is now in the rear of the building and is open to customers from the municipal parking lot.
The Bluffton HIgh School String Chamber Ensemble will perform at OMEA State Orchestra Adjudicated Event on Friday, Feb. 26, at Bowling Green Middle School.
The ensemble will be performing in class "B" at 5:55 p.m. Selections include "Contrasts in E minor," "Lullaby" and "M to the 3rd Power."
The ensemble is under the direction of Rachael E. Lewis
