In the 300 hurdles Dunifon qualified out of preliminary heats into the finals Saturday. He took second in his heat and was fourth overall in a field of 18 with a time of 40.13
By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS - Two Bluffton athletes and a 4 x 400 relay foursome competed in day one of the Div. III track and field state meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus on Friday.
In the 300 hurdles, Pirate Xavier Dunifon qualified out of the preliminary heats Friday into the finals Saturday. He took second in his heat and was fourth overall in a field of 18 with a time of 40.13.
Anthony Tyler of Africentric took first in the 300 hurdle heats at 39.08.
Attachments below explain the project in greater detail and include maps of the project.
Jefferson Street will close from Main Street to the County Line Road beginning Monday, June 3, in a major renovation of the street.
“The extent of this project will be from Main Street to the west side of the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks, which covers a distance of roughly 1,300 feet,” Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, told The Icon.
The project scope includes the following components:
Alexandria (Alee) Gratz-Collier graduated from BHS in 2004, and went to college at Woodbury University in Burbank, California. She (along with her business partner) is the force behind River Valley Pasta, a home-made pasta company.
The Icon sat down with Gratz-Collier to hear a bit more about her life and business venture.
What have you been up to since graduating from BHS? Where are you based now?
Since college, I have been working in the service industry in Findlay. No kids, but a VERY proud aunt. I'm not married, and am living in Findlay.
Ebenezer Mennonite Church will hold its Vacation Bible School next week, Sunday, June 2 to Friday, June 7 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This is traditionally the first local VBS program in the area.
This year's theme "Roar!: Life is wild - God is good" involves activity-filled evenings, for six days, Sunday through Friday, at 8905 Columbus-Grove Rd, Bluffton.
This popular program averages over two hundred kids in attendance.
The VBS is for youth ages 4 through fifth grade inclusive. Since the program starts on Sunday, please just come on Sunday evening to register.
The Icon invites churches in its viewership area to submit Vacation Bible School information for posting.
The Icon already has information from:
• Bluffton Baptist VBS
• Bluffton Community VBS
• County Line Churh of the Brethren VBS
• Ebenezer Mennonite VBS
• Pandora Communtiy VBS
Any other VBS programs not on our schedule, please contact [email protected]
We also invite VBS directors to send photos during their VBS. Jpegs please, and provide identifications.
Here are Bluffton High School's 2019 entries in the Division III state track meet that begins this morning, May 31.
• Baylor Garmatter (400 meters)
• Xavier Dunifon (300 hurdles and 110 hurdles)
• Jackson Steinmetz (3200 meter run)
• 4x400 relay – Xavier Dunifon, Baylor Garmatter, Jonathon Schriner, Luke Young
The Pirates tied for third in the boys' regional team standings with Pandora-Gilboa. Running events at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, Columbus, start Friday at 9:30 a.m.
Kerry Wright, Jr., accepted a call to serve as Director of Children and Family Ministries at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Bluffton. He began his ministry on May 21.
He served in ministry as a volunteer at St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, 20 years ago, helping to lead worship at a Saturday evening service called Common Bond.
He has served at two other churches, first as a lay worship leader at Ebenezer Mennonite Church and the second as a full-time associate pastor and the chairman of the elder board at Encounter Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Gardeners of the Bluffton-Pandora Area hold their next meeting on Tuesday, June 4, at the Bluffton Public Library, lower level meeting room at 6:30 p.m. Dave McPheron will be speaking on native (indigenous) plants. McPheron is the Volunteer Coordinator of the Hardin County Master Gardener Volunteers, as well as running a native plant nursery for the area.
This meeting is open to the public.
For more news in the local gardening world, the club's monthly newsletter - Edelweiss News - is attached below.
The Armes Family Cancer Care Center, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, will offer a community screening and wellness day event on Saturday, June 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Several health screenings will be offered at this event, which will take place at The Armes Family Cancer Care Center located at 15990 Medical Drive South in Findlay.
Skin, head and neck cancer screenings will be available by appointment only and can be scheduled by calling 419.429.6428.
Bluffton Black Girls' U11 travel soccer team won their league division. The girls are in Division 1 and this is their second year in a row winning their division.
Bluffton Black girls will move up to U12 this fall.
Travel soccer try outs are tonight (Thurday, May 30) at Bluffton village park.
• U9-U10: 6 -7 p.m.
• U11-U15: 7-8 p.m.
• In case of rain try-outs will be moved to BFR.
