The Bluffton Icon has a Valentine's Day give-away and you might win.
We're giving away one dozen roses from Town and Country Flowers, 124 N. Main St. Bluffton.
It's really simple to enter:
• Send an email to: [email protected]
• In the message line type: Contest Entry
(Please add your name the e-mail message)
• Entry deadline 5:55 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12.
We will draw the winner at 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 12, in time for you to pick up your dozen roses for Valentine's Day.
The biggest Bluffton PTO event of the year, Bakery Bingo is Saturday in the Middle School Cafetorium.
Doors will open at 5 p.m. and Bingo will begin at p.m.
PTO members say, "Please bring your family for this fun night of entertainment. Bingo cards are 12 for $1. Refreshments include pizza, popcorn, pretzels, nachos and cheese, chips and water. If you would like to help volunteer for this event please contact Crystal Camper."
Most Icon viewers aren’t aware that former Bluffton council member Morris Groman once saved the Village of Bluffton $4,000 in federal fines, plus lots and lots of headaches and embarrassments.
Most people think of Morris Groman as a polite, quiet guy, which of course, he was.
He used this persona to get things accomplished and it worked. Here’s an example.
The Bluffton Icon recently added a new feature for advertisers and viewers.
The Icon Advertiser Index now includes links to advertiser Facebooks. When the Index was first created website links and phone numbers were included. With the popularity of Facebook pages, those are now added.
The Bluffton Icon has over 70 advertisers listed in its Index. The Index is one of the most viewed features on the website, simply because it is the only comprehensive listing of Bluffton area businesses with phone numbers, website links and now Facebook links.
On Jan. 11, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke at Ohio Northern University. At the time of his visit to Ada, Ohio and ONU, Dr. King was an international figure.
He was the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Prize and only the 12th American to ever do so. He was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement and a key social figure of the turbulent 1960s.
The entire recording of his speech can be heard by clickin the link below - this link takes viewers to the Ohio Northern University Facebook site, where the speech is available.
