In a month or so, these green-leafed and white-flowered plants will include strawberries ready for picking. These plants are at the corner of Bixel and Pandora roads. When the Icon asked Jerry Suter for a specific picking date, his long explanation included several variables plus weather-related scenarios, which boils down to - we think, mid-June.
Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn Co. and Friends of the Bluffton Public Library are hosting a 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, June 22. Registration starts at 8 a.m., with race beginning at 9 a.m.
Both adults and youth are encouraged to participate. The race will start and finish on College Avenue in front of Bluffton High School.
Trophies will be awarded for overall top male and female finishers. Medallions will be awarded for the top male and female in each age division. Age divisions are: 10 and under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-65, 66 and over.
Eight-year-old Braylon Simon’s own experience at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, made him want to do something for other children who are patients there.
In April, 2018, Braylon, son of Jonathan and Kayla Simon of Bluffton, was diagnosed with Stage 3 Nodular Lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
After four rounds of aggressive chemo, he is in his ninth month of remission.
To celebrate his first year of being cancer free – in August – he wants to have a toy drive for the Hematology and Oncology floors at Nationwide hospital, where he was treated.
The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club of Bluffton announces the winners of its “Service To Humanity” scholarship awards, given to graduating seniors of Bluffton High School.
The Club (Sharing Hopes And Nourishing Needs Of Neighbors) is an entirely local Bluffton volunteer organization that strives to make the Bluffton area a better place by serving its youth, its elderly and its needy.
