You are here

Home

All Bluffton Icon News

National Dance Day event July 31

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 26, 2010 - 7:53am

Icon advertiser Darcey Schneider of Rhythm in Motion Dance Centre, Ada, reminds viewers of a National Dance Day in honor of Wapakoneta's The Dance Centre. The event features Ken Boyd of So You Think You Can Dance, noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 31, at the Lima Mall main concourse.

Registration is 30 minutes before each session.

"This event is to help educate people about dance and celebrate National Dance Day," said Schneider.

Section: 
Regional news
»

Frances Louise Bracy 1931-2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 26, 2010 - 7:44am
Frances Louise Bracy

Frances Louise Bracy, 78, Bluffton, died at 3 a.m., July 26, 2010, at St. Rita's Hospital, Lima. She was born July 28, 1931, to Kenneth and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Risner in Carey, Ohio. She married Wilbur L. Bracy on Sept. 30, 1956, and he survives.

Mrs. Bracy worked at Ohio Bell in Findlay and had worked at Balmer's Clothing Store (later Uhlman's), Bluffton. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ where she served on various committees. She was a 1951 graduate of Vanlue High School.

Section: 
Obituaries
»

Iraqi students reunite in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 26, 2010 - 6:19am

Summer is the season for family reunions and, in early July, a close-knit group whose members didn't know each other two years ago got together for one of their own.

Twelve Iraqi college students, now studying in the United States as part of the Iraqi Student Project (ISP), reunited for several days in Bluffton, Ohio. Housed in Bluffton University's Neufeld Hall, they spent time with families of the support group for one of their own-Shahad Aldoori, an interior design student at Bluffton-and took a trip to Cedar Point.

Section: 
Bluffton University
»

Why are you here?

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 26, 2010 - 4:03am

Why anyone would spend money to place this message on a license plate is beyond us. Bob Antibus photographed this plate in Montana and sent it to The Icon.

Section: 
Regional news
»

Somewhere over the rainbow

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 25, 2010 - 7:39pm

Brian Myers captured a rainbow from his backyard (740 E. College Ave.). The road in the background is County Line Road (CR15).

»

Find the cup, win McDonald's Smoothies for a year

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 25, 2010 - 6:38pm

Jerry Lewis' McDonald's are giving area customers a new experience with the introduction of McCaf'e Real Fruit Smoothies, the latest addition to the McCaf'e menu.

McCaf'e Real Fruit Smoothies offer a blend of real fruit, fruit juice, and low-fat yogurt, blended with ice.

McCaf'e Real Fruit Smoothies, available in strawberry banana and wild berry flavors, are made with a blend of real fruit - combinations of strawberries and bananas or blueberries, strawberries and blackberries - fruit juice, low-fat yogurt and blended with ice.

Section: 
People
»

Pages