BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's basketball team sandwiched wins around a short Thanksgiving break as the Beavers downed Kalamazoo College 86-70 on Saturday, Nov. 25, after knocking off Heidelberg Tuesday night in the Sommer Center. Bluffton improved to 3-1 on the season, while the Hornets stayed winless at 0-2.
Aaron Antrim customarily views Bluffton from several hundred feet in the air.
On Saturday, he’ll see it from ground level.
Antrim is this year’s Blaze of Lights parade marshal. He is also the lead pilot for Mercy Life Flight 3, based at the Bluffton Airport.
As parade marshal, Antrim will ride in one of the lead vehicles in Saturday’s 5 p.m. Blaze parade. The 1998 Bluffton University graduate is married to Bluffton native Rachel Hilty, a 1996 Bluffton High School grad. The couple lives on Grismore Road with their three sons, Asher, Eden and Levi.
Marjorie "Margie" L. Moyer, 92, of Wauseon, Ohio, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, in CHP Defiance Area Hospice Center, Defiance, Ohio.
She was born Nov. 20, 1925, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to the late Jesse and Beatrice M. (Turner) Jackson. She married Robert Moyer on Feb. 9, 1946, and moved to Mt. Cory, Ohio. Robert preceded her in death on May 13, 2003.
First National Bank and First National Financial Services will hold a Social Security workshop on Wednesday, Dec. 6, from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. The event will be held at First National Bank, 1630 Tiffin Ave., Findlay.
This workshop will provide a general discussion about how the Social Security and Medicare programs work, discuss the important issues both programs face now and in the future and outline some effective strategies for successfully maximizing these benefits.
If interested, please RSVP by Monday, Dec. 4th by calling the Bluffton office at 419-358-5500.
Jasemin “Jasi” Crawfis is the 2017 Bluffton Lions Club Lions International Peace Poster Contest winner.
Jasi is a 7th grade student at Bluffton Middle School, and the daughter of Jason and Jami Crawfis. Her winning picture will compete at the district level with winners sponsored by other Lions clubs in northwestern Ohio.
Entries were evaluated based on artistic merit, originality, and the best expression of this year’s contest theme, “The Future of Peace.”
The Icon, in cooperation with Shannon Theatre, is happy to launch this year's Blaze on Friday afternoon.
Bluffton Icon sponsors two free showings of "It's a Wonderful Life," the 1946 classic featuring the all-star cast of James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore at the Shannon Theatre.
The free showings are at 1:30 and 4 p.m. The showings are also part of the Shannon Theatre's Customer Appreciation Weekend.
It was a popular and frequent event in Bluffton in the 1920s and early 1930s. The photo with this story shows the starting 11 on Bluffton’s 1929 team, which was one of the all-time great squads, as you will see by the game scores. BHS was only scored on three times.
This team also had the unfortunate distinction of losing only one game – to the Pandora Flying Dutchmen. Bluffton finished the season at 8-1.
One popular group and two new performers will entertain the Blaze of Lights crowd on Saturday in downtown Bluffton. The performance stage is at the corner of Main and Cherry streets.
Once the Blaze parade ends – estimated to end about 6 p.m. – musical entertainment takes the Blaze stage until this year’s “switch hitter” turns on the Ream holiday folk art light display.
Saturday’s entertainment follows:
• Bluffton High School show choir, directed by Kara Zink. This group is a popular Blaze entertainer year after year.
