Members of the Bluffton Presbyterian Church invite the community to a free community picnic on the Presbyterian church lawn, 112 N. Main St., from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 16.
Food will be provided including shredded chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, chips, cookies, lemonade and other items.
A variety of lawn games for all ages including bakery Bingo for kids will take place.
Ever since graduating from Bluffton University with a degree in recreation management, Kristen Niekamp has been wanting to work with elders.
A few years after college, she accepted the position of activities coordinator at Maple Crest Senior Living Village, and then worked as a companion at Mennonite Memorial Home before becoming an activities assistant.
When MHCO opened Willow Ridge in 2012, she took the opportunity to be involved in the Green House Home model. She has finally come to roost in Pandora as memory care coordinator at Hilty Home.
Bluffton council accepted the low bid from Schimmoeller Construction of Kalida, to construct new restrooms at the Buckeye Park.
The Monday night action accepted the Kalida firm’s base bid of $119,997 for the project, which is under the $120,800 engineer’s estimate. Council did not accept an addition proposal of $16,497 to add a porch to the building.
Schimmoeller has until June 15, 2019, to complete the building. Council approved the contract as an emergency in the hope that construction would begin very soon.
Gardeners of the Bluffton Pandora Area will tour the Bluffton Community Gardens at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4. The gardens are on South Main Street.
The tour is open to the public. For more information contact Pat Flinn at [email protected]. The club’s current newsletter, with additional club information, is attached at the bottom of this story.
Eli Okuley, 14, freshman at Bluffton High School, and member of the Bunny
Boosters 4-H Club, received awards at this year's Allen County Junior and Senior Fair. He is the son of Bruce and Carole Okuley of Bluffton.Those awards follow:
Almost 20 Bluffton area residents – runners and walkers – will participate in the 9th annual 5K Mock Turtle run/walk, Saturday, Sept. 1, in Fryburg (near Wapakoneta), according to Rachel Mathewson.
The event is part of that community’s annual homecoming.
The area participants are part of an Ebenezer Mennonite Church 5K Challenger group.
Vera Basinger is the teacher in the elementary class photo taken by Leland Gerber. The Icon iinvites viewers to provide identifications of the students and the class year. Send to: [email protected]
By Liz Gordon-Hancock
The Et Cetera Shop, 111 S. Main St., held its second annual quarter week sale this past week. All clothing, excluding scarves, underwear, hats, purses and hats, cost a quarter (plus tax).
The Icon can report that the Et Cetera Shop sold 5,195 items of clothing during the week-long sale. Adult clothing was definitely the top-seller of the week, averaging over 600 items sold every day, according to Chrissy Lugibihl, store manager.
The entire Essinger family participated in the Zoom RedHawks Triathlon Festival at Hueston Woods on Aug. 26. This is part of the Ohio triathlon series hosted by Zoom Multisport Racing of Dayton.
Dave and Levin both did the Beginner Triathlon, so that Dave could help Levin through transitions and bike and run, etc. Levin is a stronger swimmer than Dave. Beginner Tri was 250 meter swim, 8 mile bike, and 1.5 mile run.
