Five seniors were awarded scholarships by the Bluffton Lions Club this year. Those students attending the noon meeting of the Bluffton Lions Club are shown left to right:
Nathan Zuercher from Cory-Rawson High School; Karis Wilson, Sydney Hoff and Christian Groman from Bluffton High School. Chase Huffman from the Pandora-Gilboa School was not present at this meeting.
The Pandora-Bluffton area experienced nearly 2.5 inches of rain from Friday to Monday, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. The heaviest day of rain was Saturday with 1.47 inches was reported.
Note: America in Bloom judges will visit Bluffton July 19-20. To help viewers understand the Bloom judging process, each week on the Icon the Bluffton in Bloom board will describe one of the "Bloom" categories. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].
Two judges from America in Bloom will visit Bluffton on July 19-20 to evaluate our town. They will judge Bluffton on several categories.
Residents of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO), Bluffton, won several awards at the LeadingAge Ohio District 3 Art and Writing Show. The show was held at Good Shepherd Home, Fostoria, on June 6.
By Mallory Hardesty, Reporter
On June 11th during the meeting demonstrations were given by Sydney Hoff, Katherine Gratz, Elizabeth Bourassa, Addison Businger, Daniel Creeger, Hannah Creeger, Taylor Follas, Andrea Bourassa, Levi Graham, Rebekah Hoff, and Amy Jebsen. Caitlyn Couch also gave a Health Talk about pollution.
Wanda L. Heffner, 83, died June 11, 2018, at 3:45 p.m. at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. Wanda was born Aug. 3, 1934 in Delphos, Ohio, to the late Edward and Opal (Dunlap) Buettner. She had been married to James Michel from 1954 until his death in 1975 and later married Roger Heffner in 1985 and he preceded her in death in 1995.
Wanda graduated from Gomer High School. She retired from Lima State Hospital where she was a guard. Wanda was a past member of the Leatherwood Grange in Rimer for 35 years and also was a member of the Bluffton Senior Citizens.
Bluffton's next American Red Cross blood drive is next week. The drive is from noon to 6 p.m., Thursday, June 21, at the bloodmobile at Bluffton Hospital. Call 1-800-RED CROSS or go to redcrossblood.org, sponsor code "bluffchos to schedule your blood donation appointment.
Do you know the names of your ancestors who lived in the 19th century?
Can you imagine what they ate and how they dressed?
What they did from sunup to sundown?
On Saturday afternoons, visitors to the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Road, Bluffton, will learn what it was like to be an early Swiss settler in the Bluffton-Pandora area.
Swiss Community Historical Society docents can tell you all about the homestead and the generations of the Schumacher family who lived there. You can explore the house from attic to cellar.
