FROM Ada Icon - Ada’s oldest and longest-running festival, Farmers and Merchants Picnic will take this year off. The parade and other parts of the picnic are also canceled.
It’s another local victim of the covid-19 virus.
Instead, the Farmers and Merchants planning committee will hold a raffle with at least four major prizes, according to Eva Wolke. Those prizes range from a smoker grill and Keystone Meats gift card to a Kahili trip, a television and a firepit.
Icon movie review "Just Mercy"
Reviewed by Wilson
JUST MERCY tells the story of civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson (MICHAEL B. JORDAN), who travels to Alabama fresh out of law school to defend a number of prisoners on death row. His most notable client Walter McMillian (JAMIE FOXX), who is on death row for a murder he did not commit.
Stevenson’s investigation and defense of McMillian uncovers and exposes the corruption and racism that runs rampant through Monroe County’s justice system.
Volunteer docents at the Schumacher Homestead, a property owned and operated by the Swiss Community Historical Society (SCHS) of Bluffton and Pandora, were disappointed when the historical facility was unable to open on schedule in early June.
You may watch the video of Ron Lora giving a tour of the barn on the homestead at the bottom of this story -
However, they decided that they show must go on and are now producing weekly video tours of the historical facility.
We thought this might be a tough one. It turned out so-so, as a couple viewers responded correctly. This is a window on Neufeld residence hall at Bluffton University.
Bluffton Board of Zoning and Building Appeals will hold a public hearing Monday, July 6, at 7 p.m., in the town hall third floor community room.
The discussion centers on a resident at 356 S. Main St. request for a variance. The request is a dimensional variance from the required side yard and dwelling setback for the addition of a carport, according to Bryan Lloyd, assistant village administrator.
It’s a small town civics lesson, now on the internet.
Thanks for the efforts of Bluffton officials, all Bluffton ordinances are now available online for anyone to read.
The announcement was made at the June 22 council meeting. The meeting's agenda is attached at the bottom of this story.
CLICK HERE to view the ordinance folder, located on the Village of Bluffton website. The project cost $14,000 and has 1,193 pages went printed on a computer printer.
The Icons introduce our first music review, a column we hope to continue monthly. Your comments are welcome at [email protected]
Chromatica - Lady Gaga
Reviewer: Craig Hoffman
Lady Gaga, the Queen of Pop, is out with Chromatica. It is the first album for the megastar since the popular A Star Is Born in 2018. Chromatica is Lady Gaga’s sixth consecutive number one debut in the US.
Meet Quinn the Fox on Friday’s Animal of the Week shown at 10 a.m. on the Bluffton Public Library Facebook Live.
The program is part of the summer “Quarry Farm Fridays,” sponsored by the library and The Quarry Farm, rural Pandora.
Those who attend live may ask questions via the Facebook chat. Those unable to attend may view the video later in the day when it is posted on both organizations' Facebook pages and websites.
The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club invites viewers to be a 2020 Main Street flag sponsor, according to Duane Bollenbacher of the club.
The purchase of flags, a $25 per flag, is open to businesses, organizations, or to individuals.
Bollenbacher said that sponsors may name someone that you wish to honor or memorialize with each flag sponorship.
All proceeds from the sponsorship of flags help the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club in its quest to make Bluffton a better community for its children, its elderly, its needy families, and all the citizens of Bluffton.
Friendship and debate fuel 25 years of scholarly research for Bluffton’s Weaver and Mast
For a quarter century, Bluffton University professors J. Denny Weaver and Gerald Mast have been writing, researching and collaborating on projects exploring the Anabaptist peace church tradition.
As Mast recalls, the partnership was established when he came to campus for the interview process in the spring of 1995. During an informal reception after the interview, Weaver handed him an essay and requested feedback.
