Danielle Laing has returned home. The 1987 (Danielle Kihm) Bluffton High School graduate was named Bluffton Post Office officer in charge on Aug. 31.
She and her husband, Steve, also a Bluffton High School graduate, are parents to two children and live in the Columbus Grove school district. Laing has nearly 15 years experience in the post office. In addition to her Bluffton assignment, she is also postmaster at Alger.
Lyle Arnold won the first Icon college football contest. He picked eight correct games and was closest to the acutal score of the Blufton-Kalamazoo game of all contestants in the tie-breaker.
Other results:
8 correct - Michael Hainline, Robert Rockefeller, Brad Smith and Luke Amstutz.
7 correct - Mike Burris, Randy Spallinger, Mark Sommers, Nancy Armour, Andy Althaus, Nathan Davis, David Glick, Andy Borgelt, Scott Gleason and Dan Smith.
Duane Bollenbacher won the Icon's high school football contest for week 2. He picked 9 winners and won the tie-breaker. In a tie-breaker he picked Bluffton by 1 to 7 over Carey.
15 minutes with Kathryn Luginbuhl, Alison King and Kathy Dickson
Interview in front of Common Grounds - Mike Romey walked by and contributed, but we can't read our notes about what he said. In this interview Kathryn Luginbuhl is "Kat," Kathy Dickson is "Kat 2," and Alison is "Al." Al and Kat are sisters.
Icon: Kat, we understand you are on your way out of town.
Kat: I'm headed to Asheville, North Carolina.
Icon: Why?
Kat: I look at it as a one-year adventure with three college friends.
A discussion of Abraham Verghese's book "Cutting for Stone" will take place in the family room of Maple Crest Senior Living Village on Monday, Sept. 26, at 2:30 p.m.
Copies of the book are available at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., Bluffton. Maple Crest Senior Living Village is located at 700 Maple Crest Ct., Bluffton.
Volunteers are busy swinging their hammers to remodel two garage bays at Maple Crest Senior Living Village and turn them into a woodworking shop.
It kind of resembles an old fashion "barn raising" that the Amish and Mennonites are famous for. Although the shell and roof were already in place, there was much to do.
Recently volunteers under the direction of the Cal Reese, the volunteer general contractor of the project, began the refashioning of the space.
