The Bluffton University volleyball team will host a variety of skills camps from Monday, June 20-Wednesday, June 22.
A serve, pass, dig camp for high school students will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Monday, June 20. The camp will focus on the improvement of serving, passing and digging skills. The instruction will be focused and individualized.
Bluffton's mosquito patrol launches the 2016 season on Wednesday evening, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.
"Now that mosquito activity has been observed in various places throughout the village, the service separtment will begin spraying for mosquitos on Wednesday, June 8," he told The Icon.
Mehaffie said that the spraying will tbegin around dusk on Wednesdays as necessary with Thursdays being the alternate day if weather does not permit the spraying.
Pandora town-wide garage sales, sponsored by Pandora Friends of the Library, take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 9-10-11. Over 40 garage sales are scheduled. Lists/maps are available at Pandora businesses.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Two-time All-American Terrill Webb (Kenton, Ohio) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Athlete of the Year following her performances in indoor track and field and outdoor track and field during the 2015-16 school year.
The junior earned NCAA Division III indoor and outdoor track and field All-American accolades in the pole vault during her junior campaign.
Bluffton Relay for Life will hold an evening 5K Run/Walk during the relay on Friday, June 24.
The event is at Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road. Registration starts at 9:30 p.m. and the race/walk is at 10:30 p.m. A race registration and waiver form are attachments at the bottom of this story.
For complete race/walk details contact Lynda Best at 419-296-2790.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - All-American Ryan Aelker (New Bavaria, Ohio/Holgate) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Year following a senior season in which the senior defensive end was named the HCAC Defensive Most Valuable Player.
Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 8375 Phillips Road, is the host congregation to this summer's community Vacation Bible School.
VBS is from Sunday, July 24 through Thursday, July 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. each evening.
It has classes for preschool through fifth grade. This year's theme is "Deep Sea Discovery - where kids will know that God is always with them!"
Contact Emmanuel UCC or other participating churches for registration forms. Also, persons may contact Kim Worcester 567-227-0193, Kathy Moser 419-296-6243, or Erin Stark 419-643-9558.
When it comes to fires in Bluffton, this one was one of the most tragic.
This was the Russell Hotel that was destroyed in a 1919 fire. The building stood at the corner of Main and Church (see the Mennonite Church steeple in the background).
The fire destroyed the holtel, the Lugibihl Hardware and the Bluffton telephone exchange.
Today Citizens National Bank is located on this site.
If you missed Gregg Luginbuhl's art exhibit in Bluffton earlier this spring you have a second change to view it.
ArtSpace/Lima announced that "Making My Way: A Gregg Luginbuhl Retrospective"will be shown in the Ellen Nelson Gallery from June 12 through July 23.
Luginbuhl has been a fixture on the local and national art scenes for over 40 years. He has taught at the University of Findlay (1976-1984) and at Bluffton University (1984-2014).
