March 2021

Baseball • Softball • Track • Boys' tennis • Middle school track

Bluffton High School and middle school spring sports schedules and team rosters were released today by Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director. They are posted as attachments at the bottom of this story

Schedules and rosters include:
• Varsity baseball – first game home Saturday, March 27
   Head coach, Kasey  Krendl; assistant, Doug Sanders

• Varsity softball – first game home Saturday, March 27
   Head coach, Jon Inninger; assistant, Tyler Smith
   JV coach, Katie Prater; assistant, Brad Prater

Carol Ann Kent Speicher, 83, of Marysville and formerly of Bluffton died Tuesday, March 23 at Brookdale Hospice of Marysville surrounded by her family.

She was a retired elementary school teacher in the Fairbanks, Triad, and Marysville School districts. 

So, you think you know Bluffton? The answer is below.

Has it changed your outlook on exercise? How would you rate it as a positive feature of the community? What are your thoughts for its future?

• How do you use the Bluffton pathway?
• Has it changed your outlook on exercise?
• How would you rate it as a positive feature of the community?
• What are your thoughts for its future?

Bluffton Icon invites viewers to share their thoughts on the pathway as it weaves its way around the community.

The Icon is developing a series of stories on the Bluffton pathway project, and invites viewers to share their stories and thoughts.

As the pathway program expands, more and more residents use it to walk, run, bike, push strollers and even skate.

Sensus replacing 1,450 water meters

Jefferson Street will close on Monday, March 29, until Phase II is completed near the end of July, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.

The March 22 council packet is attached at the bottom of this story.

He provided Bluffton council with an update on the project on Monday night. It includes road reconstruction, installation of a new sanitary and storm sewer along with curbs and sidewalks.

Swim with Putnam County YMCA team and Lima YMCA team

Eleven swimmers from Bluffton schools swam at the Great Lakes YMCA Zones Swimming Championship at Bowling Green State University March 19-21.

The 2021 event had 800 swimmers from teams in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and West Virginia.

Jenna Downey, Camden Verb and Riley Verb swim for the Putnam County YMCA swim team under assistant coach, Bob Verb of Bluffton.

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

A spine-tingling plot that keeps you turning pages to the very end of the story

Reviewed by Robert McCool
Dean Koontz devotes his latest to a remarkable boy/dog combination.

I never cared much for Dean Koontz as a horror book writer. I have found him to be tepidly spiritual, a weak Stephen King wannabe. But this latest, Devoted (ISBN 13: 978-1-4328-7662-3), grabbed me when I was looking for a quick read.

The Icon invites area congregations to send their special church service information for Holy Week and Easter. 

Send information to: [email protected].

The Bluffton Boys & Girls/Cloverbud 4H Club elected officers for 2021. The officers follow:
• Brooklynn Bible - President
• Joe Spencer - Vice-President
• Audra Snyder - Secretary
• Tanner Bott - Treasurer
• Jake Spencer - Safety Officer
• Landin Bible - Health Officer
• Brooklyn Nance - Historian/ Reporter
• Brookie Bible - Activities Officer

Area 4-H clubs may send their club announcements to: [email protected]

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