The Ohio High School Athletic Association’s fall sports of girls tennis, girls and boys golf, field hockey, girls and boys soccer, girls and boys cross country, volleyball and football officially begin practice Saturday, Aug. 1.
Briana Renae Schmidt, 12, died July 31, 2020, at Russell J. Ebeid Children's Hospital in Toledo. Briana was born on Nov. 10, 2007. in Bluffton.
Briana attended Bluffton Elementary School where she would have been a seventh grader. She attended Tri-County Family Assembly of God and Pleasant View United Methodist Church both of Bluffton. Briana enjoyed playing soccer, practicing gymnastics and art. She was described as a very energetic and out-going child and a friend who will be remembered for her smile.
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Summer is a great time to explore the art spread across the Bluffton community – especially for viewers unable to visit art galleries elsewhere in Ohio.
As a weekly series, The Icon will feature the art created by John Peter Klassen (1888-1975), a long-time Bluffton College art professor.
For some viewers, this series is familiar. For others, it may be a first-time experience.
Review by Robert McCool
Journey back to 1926 Ohio, Bronwyn County, and solve a questionable death.
Ah, summer. The visceral sun, the weight of humidity. Why not cozy up and chill out in 1926 in the rural Bronwyn County and the Appalachian time of coal country?
In her second book based in this location, Jess Montgomery(The Widows) blesses us with a gem of a story in “The Hollows” (Minotaur Books, ISBN 978-1-250-18454-2).
Amazing Race (BFR Style)
Bluffton Family Recreation's summer camp theme
Monday to Friday, Aug. 3-7
Campers will participate in a week full of fun tasks that challenge their thinking skills, game play and endurance in the Amazing Race-themed challenge. The importance of working in a team and communicating will be highlighted throughout adventures in this race to the finish.
Daily schedule:
7:30 - 9:30 a.m. Pre-camp
9:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m. - Traditional camp
3:30-5:30 p.m. - Post camp
Here's the Icon’s 5-Question Display Ad Contest. It's open to all viewers. The winner receives a 1-item, 14-inch Padrone’s pizza. In the case of a tie, a random drawing will determine the winner.
Here’s how to enter.
Open the "Display Ads” page on the Bluffton Icon. You'll find it on the black scroll bar under the Icon masthead.
Or, go to the displays ads located at the bottom of every inside Icon page. Each page includes the same group of ads.
The following construction projects anticipated next week by the Ohio Department of Transportation may change driving patterns for Icon viewers
Interstate 75 between Napoleon Road and state Route 235, just south of the village of Beaverdam to three miles north of the village of Bluffton, in Allen and Hancock counties, continues to experience lane restrictions and ramp closures for paving and reconstruction through November 2020.
Bluffton State Farm Insurance and Ed Reichenbach State Farm recently donated $500 toward the Bluffton Lion’s Foundation to keep the bike path projecty around Bluffton moving. Dick Ramseyer accepted the donation for the Lion’s Club Foundation. Ed Reichenbach says, “Every time we come together, we get stronger. Let’s keep the good going. Share your own #GoodNeighbor story!”
