By Laura Durliat, occupational therapist
Blanchard Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Are you one of the many that have headed out to the pickleball court?
Don Burris of South Lawn Avenue created an interesting and socially-distanced candy delivery system on trick-or-treat night. He shares this photo with Icon viewers.
A senior class that has combined to start nearly 100 games
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The Bluffton University women's basketball team bounced back with 14 wins in 2019-20, earning a seventh consecutive berth in the HCAC tournament and advancing to the semi-finals before falling to conference-champion Transylvania.
Although TJ Mills is gone following a record-setting career for the Beavers, Bluffton returns starters at four positions heading into the 2020-21 season.
A senior class that has combined to start nearly 100 games gives the women a wealth of experience to draw upon when the Beavers hit the hardwood.
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) continues to showcase members of the Heartland family with the video series Heartland Kids Corner, featuring student athletes interviewed by the children of their coaches.
Episode six features the Mount St. Joseph University men’s and women’s golf programs, with head coach Joe Sparhawk’s kids asking the tough questions. Jon, Ryann and Harper Sparhawk have the Lions in the hot seat, including men’s players Matt Lewis and Matt Zinser, and women’s golfers Isabella Olthausand Patricia Windholtz.
This column is provided by Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, the area’s trusted senior care provider. For more information visit mhcoliving.org or call 419-358-1015.
Last week at an online conference, Ken Dychtwald, founder, the Age Wave, gave a presentation on Fatherhood. Ken’s suggestions applied to men and how they could be more active and involved with the younger generations.
Haleigh Kohli, a Bluffton High School senior, is the Icon's student artist of the month.
Haleigh has taken several art classes including Art One, Design One, Photography, Mural Painting, Advanced Photography and Art Seminar.
Following high school Haleigh's plans to attend the University of Findlay and pursue a career in pharmacy.
Here's how she describes her work in this photo:
"This art project was a self portrait and I decided to combine my two favorite media, acrylic and film," she said.
The 4-page flyer is at the bottom of this story -
It’s a big downtown Bluffton shopping weekend.
Gift certificate drawings, merchandise discounts and free gifts are part of the activities Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6-7, in the annual Downtown Bluffton Christmas Open House.
Ten businesses are part of a mailing shopper – the shopper is attached at the bottom of this story. Each of those businesses has special discounts.
Mary Louise Huffer, 98, died Nov. 2, 2020, at Willow Ridge - Frieda House in Bluffton. Mary Louise was born Jan. 30, 1922, in Gomer to the late Emerson and Martha Ann (Griffith) Clevenger. On Oct. 14, 1942, she married Donald "Burt" Huffer who preceded her in death on Dec. 15, 1989.
Mary Louise graduated from Gomer High School and attended Northwestern Business College in Lima. She had worked at the Lima Tank Depot during World War II and later as the head cook at Gomer Schools for 18 years. Mary Louise attended the Lima Community Church of the Nazarene.
