...and lots more in November at Bluffton Public Library
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 4, 2020 - 2:56pm
The health and safety of our customers and staff at the Bluffton Public Library is a top priority and the library is working hard to keep services available. As of the time of this announcement, the library is open for curbside pickup only.
Lots of interesting programs make up the November list of events at the Bluffton Public Library. A summary follows:
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 4, 2020 - 2:27pm
Erik Nygaard competes in the Division III state boys cross country meet this weekend. His late grandfather, Tim Boehr, a 1972 BHS grad, ran in the state meet 49 season ago. Click here for the story.
BHS runner Erik Nygaard follows in his grandfather's running footprints
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 4, 2020 - 2:24pm
Lots of photos at bottom of story -
Forty-nine cross country seasons ago, Bluffton High School boys’ track team qualified for the Class A state cross country meet. That state qualification was a first for the Pirates.
One of the runners on that team, Tim Boehr, set the school record of 10:09 in what was then a 2-mile event.
He finished as the 16th runner in the race at state in a time of 10:40, is a competition with only two divisions, A and AA. Bluffton was in Class A.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 4, 2020 - 1:24pm
Allen County experienced a 69.33 percent voter turnout on Nov. 3, according to the county board of elections.
Of the 46,710 ballots cast 22,818 were cast on Nov. 3 and 23,892 were absentee. In the presidential race, Donald Trump won the county with 32,052 votes to Joe Biden’s 13,611.
The breakdown by local precincts is not yet on the election board’s site. The Icon will post is once it is available.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 4, 2020 - 1:14pm
E. Louise Keiser, 94, died on Nov. 3, 2020, at the Hilty Memorial Home in Pandora. Louise was born on July 23, 1926, in Belleville, Pennsylvania, to the late Ralph D. and Bertha M. (Harmon) Snook. Louise married Dean M. Keiser in 1943 who preceded her in death in 2007.
She was a native of Barrville, Pennsylvania, moving to Ohio in 1954. Thru many years of marriage, she shared a grocery business, ice cream business and also worked at Ex-Cello Corporation. Louise was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bluffton.