Business

Each Thursday this summer in the alley at the Velasquez mural

Have lunch plans?

The Dough Hook, 117 N. Main St., launches its outdoor lunch grilling on Thursday, according to Marlena Ballinger.

This summer, grilling takes place in the village-owned alley between the Presbyterian Church and the Velasquez mural (across the street from The Dough Hook).

Grilling will take place each Thursday this summer from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

According to Ballinger, sandwiches off the grill include hamburgers, brats and oink burgers.

In addition, customers may purchase cookies, chips and deli salads.

Twisted Wisk Cafe is open for business

The wait is over.

Coffee's on at Twisted Wisk Cafe, 101 S. Main St.

After one month without coffee, Bluffton woke up to the coffee smell on Saturday at the new owners of the downtown cafe held a "soft opening."

Word spread quickly. Watch the Icon this week for more details from the new owners.

The new owners are Samantha “Sam” Erter and Jessi and Luke Davis. The three have known each other since their school days in Kenton.

From Family True Value Hardware

Jeff Kantner announces Family True Value Hardware’s June bargains of the month.

• 4–pack LED light bulbs, $9.99
• 2,000-Lumen LED flashlight with zoom, $29.99
• 50-foot garden hose, $29.99
• Your choice, Ortho 1.1-gallon insect killer, or weed-crabgrass control
• 2-package 16-ounce bug-free outdoor fogger

Family True Value Hardware
109 N. Main St.

Bluffton
Monday-Saturday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
419-358-2866

 

Including food demonstration from The Food Store plus nutrition info

Chase Eikenbary invites you to "Jazzercise Ladies Night Out" at 6 p.m., Friday, June 2, at the Sommer Center.

 "We will have a 6 p.m. Jazzercise class in our regular room and then we'll walk over to the university kitchen and meet Jeanna Haggard and Jonah Agner from The Food Store around 7 p.m.," said Eikenbary.

Agner will provide us some food demos and  Haggard will discuss some nutrition with the Jazzericse group.

Contact Eikenbary for more details at: [email protected]

Thursday night league play; Friday open bowling; plus 3 Saturday benefits

Your invitation from Southgate Lanes:

Cavs vs. Warriors
Want to watch the Cavs play the Warriors in game 1 of the NBA finals on an 8-foot screen?

You can watch in Bluffton. It’s Thursday at 9 p.m. and the screen is at Southgate, 9700 Dixie Highway.

The Thursday night almost-as-good-as-being-there event launches a summer of activities at the bowling alley, according to Derek Dukes.

“We’ve talked about doing summer events and decided to give it a try this year,” he added.

Here’s the rest of the summer plan:

They created everything from windmills to early automobile tools

Note: The Icon acquired a manuscript titled “A Brief History of Bluffton’s Industrial Developments.” This publication was prepared by the classes in Marketing and Small Business Administration from Bluffton College, under the director of Dr. Howard Raid. Publication date is May 1959. We’ve updated some current addresses so viewers may identify locations.

A homemade muzzleloader rifle is a lone reminder of a once well-known foundry and inventor’s shop operated in Bluffton by the Benroth brothers, Albert, Jule and Ferdinand.

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