Icon viewers are invited to a community picnic hosted by First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, and Rockport United Methodist Church.
The picnic is at 5 p.m., Sunday, July 28, at the Buckeye park. Members of the host congregations will bring hot and cold dishes to share.
In case of inclement weather watch for signs at the park. In that event the picnic will take place in the First United Church fellowship hall located at 116 Church Street. The picnic is open to the public and it includes music, worship, food, fellowship and games.
Wilma J. Sanyi, 83, died July 20, 2019, at her residence. Wilma was born July 19, 1936, in Beaverdam to the late Raymond and LaDonna (Williams) Zimmerman. On July 24, 1990, she married Julius "Jay" Sanyi who preceded her in death on Oct. 19, 2010.
The Icon spotted this plate - guess where - on a 1970 Cadillac. It was a display plate in the rear window of the vehicle on display at the Ada cruise in on Saturday. Owner is Cheryl Geer of Ada. A very beautiful vehicle.
Transition Bluffton invites the community to the Buckeye park at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 23, for an evening of fun and discussion.
Bring any abundance of vegetables you would like to trade or share. Join in a discussion about Robin Kimmerer's Potawatomi ideal of Honorable Harvest set forth in her book, Braiding Sweetgrass. "Let's explore what following such an ideal would mean for you, your neighbors and the community at large,”said Peter Badertscher of Transition Bluffton.
Bluffton Public Library is offering Family Space Camp for families with kids, ages kindergarten through 12th grade, to come learn about life in space on Friday, July 26 at 1 p.m.
By Barb Lockhard
FROM ADA ICON - If the New Mexico landscape was an inspiration to artist Georgia O’Keeffe in the 1920s, decades later it may have also been a visual training ground for Ada photographer Karen Ward.
- All post cards in the series are attached below -
Arriving in Ada nearly 30 years ago from Las Cruces, New Mexico, Ward fell in love with “the charm of the yesteryear vintage of this small village.” She’s been photographing Ada ever since.
At the year’s mid-point, Bluffton council reviewed its 2019 capital improvement budget.
The review took place during the July 8 council meeting. A copy of the budget is at the bottom of this story.
New projects on this year’s budget total $2.6 million. The major projects include:
• $827,341 East Jefferson Street reconstructions
• $113,200 East Jefferson Street water/sewer improvements (from Main to Vance)
• $137,000 Village communications update
• $353,2723 East Jefferson Street water/sewer improvements (from Huber to County Line)
Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University Healthwise Pharmacy.
Summer brings plenty of fun activities to enjoy outside, but without the proper precautions and first-aid knowledge, the heat can mean serious trouble.
By Jay Alammar, MD Surgical Associates of Northwest Ohio
Colorectal cancer is a common disease, and colon cancer screening continues to be of utmost importance. Preventing cancer or detecting and removing it early when it is still localized greatly impacts colon cancer related mortality.
