WOMEN'S GOLF
The Bluffton University women's golf team showed tremendous growth during the 2020-21 season, capping it off with a 6th place finish at the Heartland Conference Championships on Sunday, April 25.
.Junior Brylee Oberdorf (Clyde/Green Springs) finished eight strokes back of Obringer with a 293, while Marissa Hall (Avon Lake) and Grace Branson (Carlisle) rounded out the weekend with scores of 300 and 326, respectively.
The 147th running of the Kentucky Derby is this Saturday, May 1.
Tonya Meyer says that if you want to celebrate, stop in the Senior Center and pick up a pound of Mint Julep Chocolate Kentucky Bourbon fudge for $18.50.
"We have 20 pounds so don't wait. The Senior Center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
By Cort Reynolds Note: Pirate baseball, softball and tennis stories are below the track story
DEFIANCE - The Bluffton track and field teams competed at the 18-school Diller Invitational hosted by Defiance Ayersville Saturday.
The Pirate boys came in eighth out of 15 squads. Columbus Grove captured the boys title with 140.33 points to beat Minster by 12 points. Bluffton tallied 33 points.
Wanda Marie Geiger, 91, died April 25, 2021, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. Wanda was born July 9, 1929, in Bluffton to the late Eldon and Grace (Lora) Tschiegg. On August 3, 1951, she married Wallace Geiger and he survives.
The Village of Bluffton will celebrate the event on Saturday, May 1, at 3 p.m. with the planting of three conifer trees at the south end of the soccer fields at the village park, according to Jon Sommer of the Bluffton Tree Commission.
“All are invited to participate in this event, keeping in mind social distancing,” he said.
“You are also encouraged to plant a tree of your own leading up to or on Arbor Day.
Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, announces that its Spring Session 2 group exercise begins today. Viewers may still register for the classes you plan to attend. Call 419-358-4150 for details.
Bluffton's 77th trout derby is May 2. Here's glance at a much earlier derby. We're guessing it's the early to mid-1950s. We base that upon the boy on the bottom left – thinking that's David Little (1959 BHS grad).
Of course, that's Arden Baker standing at the microphone and by the looks of things the happy person next to him, who we do not know, appears to be hold a very large pickerel, which was stocked in the quarry during this era.
This photo was taken by Paul Diller and is from the Jim Diller collection.
Reviewed/written by Craig Hoffman
I am not a big dessert guy. My wife makes super dinners. She does usually put some fruit into a little bowl for our after-dinner treat. It’s the opposite of eating chocolate cheesecake in America. And it does keep me passing health checks, so there is that.
Here are some fun songs about dessert (and other things)! Do you have a favorite song featuring sweets? Let the Icon know in the comments!
You’ve viewed at the Bluffton High School crest, but did you ever wonder how it came into existence?
Here’s the answer.
In the 1964-65 school year Beaverdam’s school district was annexed into the Bluffton school district.
School crests became popular in the mid-1960s, and the development of a Bluffton High School crest made sense, especially as a way to integrate the two school systems.
