Note: July's Summerfest and 1K was cancelled due to rain. Derek and Brandon assured the Icon that Saturday's rescheduled 1K will happen even if it snows.
The boys at Southgate Lanes – Derek Dukes and Brandon Falk - devised the ultimate race and it is Saturday. It even has a name: Summerfest’s 1-K.*
*More about the August Summerfest, which follows the race, at the bottom of this story.
Here's the Ohio Department of Transportation's roadroad schedule for next week as it affects Bluffton traffic patterns.
The following bridge repair and culvert projects on or along Interstate 75 between the village of Beaverdam and the village of Bluffton will have the following impacts to traffic:
Transition Bluffton presents an informative session on the current state and the future of recycling in the Village of Bluffton.
Liz Gordon-Hancock, a writer with the Bluffton Icon, will present information from her recent series of articles for the local on-line newspaper. The Executive Director of North Central Ohio Waste Management, Dennis Baker, will talk about the future of recycling and how it will affect us, followed by a question and answer session.
Mercy Health Fitness Studio opened today (Aug. 16) inside Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road.
The 2,500-square-foot studio is in the upper level, the former mezzanine area, of BFR. Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director, said that’s Mercy Health’s gift of $10,000 enabled the fitness studio to be realized.
Viewers are invited to an open house from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 20. You may check out cake decorating albums, have refreshments and learn about decorating class options.
You can now decorate your cake and eat it, too, thanks to Debra Stockford “the cake queen.”
Stockford of Pandora will open The Frosting Studio in Tommy’s Plaza, 142 E. Jefferson St., Bluffton, with a Monday evening open house.
There she will offer cake-decorating classes for all skill levels.
Bethel Church of Christ, 4041 County Road 304, Ada, holds a back-to-school “Urge” event for 7th graders through high school seniors and the public, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 26, at the church.
The event’s focus, according to sponsors, is to encourage students to do well in the upcoming school year and to urge them to be who God wants them to be in their schools.
"Success! We filled the truck for the Lima ReStore," Dan Groman told the Icon as a result of an Aug. 11 "fill the truck" event in Bluffton.
Groman said the success was due to the outpouring of people who dropped off great items that someone else can use. Items collected will be sold at Habitat for Humanity's ReStore, 550 W. Elm St., Lima.
The Bluffton collection project was led by the First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, and Rockport United Methodist Church Missions and Outreach team.
Pandora hosted the Riley Creek car show this past weekend. Here is an overhead view of cars on display, plus a photo of one entry in the burnout contest.
The 2018 business showcase coordinated by the Bluffton Area Chambrer of Commerce in partnership with Bluffton University will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20, according to Paula Scott, chamber CEO.
The event is held in the Marbeck Center dining area.
Area businesses interested in a table may contact the chamber at [email protected] or call Scott at 419-369-2985.
