During August and September Bluffton police had 659 calls for service, according to the August and September police dockets. Here is a summary of those calls.
August 2016 - Total Calls for Service – 359
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Officers responded to an apartment complex on East College Avenue in reference to a dispute among tenants.
Officers responded to an apartment complex on East College Avenue in reference to a medical complaint. Upon further investigation, officers located drug paraphernalia outside of one of the apartments.
The Food Store, 103 S. Main St., celebrates 31 years on Main on Saturday, Oct. 29.
According to owners, the anniversary celebration features food sampling and a
variety of special offers for customers.
When owners, Jon and Sally Weaver Sommer and Hans and Linda Houshower,
renovated a vacant building on Main Street and opened a natural foods store
in 1985, the natural foods industry was just getting started.
Who needs a scary Halloween story when you can view a photo this scary. Imagine Pat and Richard Nixon in Bluffton during the 1979 (or 1980) Halloween parade. Accompanying the Nixons is Fred-in-Stein, who also frequents Bluffton at the end of each October.
Fred-in-Stein will be at the Bluffton Public Library tonight (Thursday, Oct. 27) taking photos of Halloweeners. Perhaps we'll see your photo later tonight on the Icon if you stop in at the library.
ArtSpace/Lima, 65-67 Town Square, Lima, announces Home for the Holidays 2016, a holiday art sale, to be held Nov. 16 through Dec. 22,according to Bill Sullivan, operations manager.
The sale features all original art from local artists. Works in 2D (paintings, watercolors, collage, prints, drawings) and 3D (sculpture, ceramics, glass) will be on display, as well as a large selection of hand-crafted jewelry. All the art is one-of-a-kind and original.
Work is underway to seed the sides of the Lions Way Augsburger Road bike path. The path, leading from Bentley Road to Riverbed and Maple Crest will have a public dedication at 4 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31. The dedication will be across from the university athletic complex. (Dick Ramseyer photo)
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Wednesday night's Heartland Conference matchup brought Mount St. Joseph to the Sommer Center for a mid-week showdown between the Lions and the Bluffton University volleyball team. The Beavers improved to 21-7 overall and 8-0 in the HCAC after downing the Lions (11-14, 2-7 HCAC) in three quick sets.
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Manchester University men's soccer team scored twice in the first half and made it hold up as the Spartans took down Bluffton University 2-0 on a cool and overcast Wednesday, Oct. 26. Bluffton fell to 3-14 overall and 0-8 in the Heartland Conference, while Manchester improved to 8-6-3 on the season and 2-5-1 in the HCAC.
Tell the Icon where one might find this sign? (Denny Morrison is not eligible to enter this because we think he know the answer.)
Here are some hints:
• You'll only find this sign turned on two times a day
• When it turns on it doesn't remain on very long
• It's on the east side of Main Street
• It's a very old sign
• It's message is very wise - it would be very risky to turn left this the sign is on
