Part 1 of a 2 part series: Check out the Icon's trove of photos from Bluffton's Halloween's past

“I was working in the lab late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight... ”
- From Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett

- Many more scary photos at the bottom of this story -

Part 1 of a 2-part series: The Icon was working in the lab late last night and discovered a trove of Halloween photos many would like to forget. Some two decades old, some more recent, and some, well, it’s your guess.

In support of Bluffton fifth grader diagnosed with leukemia

A “Lovin’ on Lane” fundraiser is underway this fall in support of a Bluffton fifth grader diagnosed with leukemia.

Lane Rossman, son of Tony and Jayme Schumacher and Lynn Rossman, was diagnosed in September. A group of friends are leading this fundraiser. They are also planning a benefit in December and more details will follow.

Lane’s other siblings are Whitney Boone, Haley Tuttle, Dilyn Rossman, Lydia Schumacher and Jackson Schumacher. Lane’s teachers at Bluffton are Jared Byers and Jeff Richards.

Eight members of the Bluffton Lions Club participated in an Oct. 10 roadside clean-up project. Participants included Dan Diller, chair of the event, Gene Long, Jerry Szabo, Patty Navin, John Rich, Corwin Croy, Ron Heading and Barbara Plaugher.

Jared Diller of Pandora becomes executive director on Nov. 1

Bluffton resident Don Leader, executive director of Youth for Christ of Northwest Ohio, will retire at the end of October after serving 19 years in the position, according to YFC board chair Mark Yoder, also of Bluffton.

Jared Diller of Pandora, ministry director of the local YFC and for five years director of Rally Point, a Lima-based ministry, will replace Leader. 

'73 BHS and '78 BC grad diagnosed with rare form of cancer

A Go Fund me site is now posted to assist former Bluffton resident Kriss Heiks.

Click here to visit the site.

She is a 1973 graduate of Bluffton High School and 1978 graduate of Bluffton College (University), now living in Boone, N.C., was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that settled in the sinus cavity in the left side of her face.

According to Heiks, essentially the entire left side of her face was removed, including her eye, jaw and nostril.

She's executive director of the State of Washington Farmland Trust

15 minutes with
Melissa (Bogart) Campbell,
1997 Bluffton High School graduate

We understand you are director of the  Washington Farmland Trust. Tell us about it.
 

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