To better serve non-profit organizations, clubs, school groups and church groups, The Icon has created a $25 special offer.
Any non-profit group may advertise a special one-time event such as:
• Barbecue
• Spaghetti dinner
• Pancake breakfast
• Silent auction
• Beef and noodle dinner
• Garage sale
• Golf outing
• Bake sale
• Ice cream social
• Any fundraiser or special event.
Citizens National Bank is hosting a series of free seminars featuring economic forcasting for 2017 by Robert J. Morgan, Senior Consultant with Austin Associates, LLC.
Business owners are invited to hear Morgan. He will discuss current market conditions and what he expects to see in regards to unemployment, housing and the challenges facing business owners in the upcoming year.
Morgan will be speaking at four separate locations and a meal will be provided at each:
Bluffton had five teams play in the Glandorf Soctoberfest tournament this past weekend. Out of the five teams, three of them came in first place in their division. (Photos by Jamie Nygard)
Bluffton University will host a concert featuring its Camerata Singers, University Chorale and Concert Band at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The performance, part of Homecoming weekend activities at Bluffton, is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships during intermission.
Luz Varela, a 2015 Bluffton graduate, will present the forum “#ProtectRefugees: The Criminalization of Immigrants in the United States” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Varela is a legal assistant at the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) in San Antonio. RAICES is a nonprofit agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families and refugees in Central and South Texas.
Dr. Paul Neufeld Weaver, director of cross-cultural programs and associate professor of education, will present the colloquium “Language, Culture and Power: Bilingual Education and Cultural Survival in Guatemala.”
Neufeld Weaver will speak about research conducted during his sabbatical last spring in Guatemala. His research focused on bilingual education in Guatemala, specifically, the ways in which native Mayan languages are used in schools in Guatemala.
United Way of Bluffton, Beaverdam and Richland Township launched its 2016-17 campaign with a goal of $26,000 to be reached by Aug. 31, 2017.
Area postal patrons received 2016-17campaign material in the mail this week. Donors have an option of designating support to specific organizations or making one donation that the United Way board allocates.
After days of rain and a sloppy field, it was easy to predict that Delphos Jefferson would run the ball extensively Friday against Bluffton. But the dominance of their offensive attack was a surprise as the Wildcats soundly defeated the Pirates 33-3, holding BHS to just 43 yards of total offense. Delphos improved to 5-1 (3-0 NWC) on the season, Bluffton fell to 3-3 (1-2).
