May 2017

Home meets with Van Wert, Sherwood and Ada

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Bluffton Sardines swim team started practices on Tuesday for the 2017 Western Ohio Aquatic League season.

CLICK HERE for team website

Thursday night league play; Friday open bowling; plus 3 Saturday benefits

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Your invitation from Southgate Lanes:

Cavs vs. Warriors
Want to watch the Cavs play the Warriors in game 1 of the NBA finals on an 8-foot screen?

You can watch in Bluffton. It’s Thursday at 9 p.m. and the screen is at Southgate, 9700 Dixie Highway.

The Thursday night almost-as-good-as-being-there event launches a summer of activities at the bowling alley, according to Derek Dukes.

“We’ve talked about doing summer events and decided to give it a try this year,” he added.

Here’s the rest of the summer plan:

Exhibit opens June 9; artist reception July 16

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Thirty-four works in various media by Ohio artist Chris Leeper will be displayed in the Ellen Nelson Gallery of ArtSpace/Lima beginning Friday, June 9, according to Bill Sullivan.

The exhibit will  run through Saturday, July 22.  There will  be a reception for the artist on Sunday, July 16, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Leeper is a prominent Ohio painter and watercolorist and resident in Canfield.  He is a member of the adjunct faculty in the Department of Art at Youngstown State University.

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The following births were reported by Bluffton Hospital for the month of May.

Here's everything you need to know about the swimming season

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Let’s go swimming.

Here’s what you need to know about the 2017 Bluffton Community Swimming Pool season, according to Jenny Wilson, pool manager.

Hours:
Monday to Friday – noon to 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 1 to 6 p.m.

Pool phone:
419-358-2066, extension 6

Family-oriented movies Sunday nights this summer

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Emmanuel United Church of Christ opens its summer outdoor family-oriented movie festival on Sunday evening, June 11.

Movie night starts at 6 p.m., at the church, 8375 Phillips Road.

All movies are free and open to the public. There will be drinks, candy, and popcorn provided.

Sunday movie nights follow:
June 11
June 25
July 9
July 23
Aug. 6
Aug. 20
 
The movies change every week. All of the movies that are shown are family friendly.
 
 

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The Icon's home page photo of Memorial Day featured a view from a zoom 140 mm lens enlarged beyond that point.

Here's approximately the same view photographed at 18 mm. Same spot, different, yet interesting, perspective.

CLICK HERE for the 140 mm version.

Here comes the class of 2017

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Photos by Rae Staton
Each Bluffton High School graduating class has its own personality. Each carries its own identity.

Take number 136 -  the 2017 graduating class. Born in an earlier century; graduating in another.

They carry familiar Bluffton surnames of Basinger, Burkholder, Geiser, Huber, Klingler, Koontz, Schmutz, Schumacher, Steiner, Stratton and others.

They carry names that join the Bluffton cannon of surnames, including Tatarkov, Talwar, Spiridigliozzi, Kirkendall, Hill, Chancey, Bicknell and others.

Here's the list

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What are the next plans for members of the Bluffton High School graduating class of 2017?

Some answers include: computer programming, nursing, business, education, communication/media studies and fine arts.

Here's the list of plans provided by class members that was published in the 2017 commencement program.

Open the attachment below -

They created everything from windmills to early automobile tools

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Note: The Icon acquired a manuscript titled “A Brief History of Bluffton’s Industrial Developments.” This publication was prepared by the classes in Marketing and Small Business Administration from Bluffton College, under the director of Dr. Howard Raid. Publication date is May 1959. We’ve updated some current addresses so viewers may identify locations.

A homemade muzzleloader rifle is a lone reminder of a once well-known foundry and inventor’s shop operated in Bluffton by the Benroth brothers, Albert, Jule and Ferdinand.

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