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Parent-son bball shooting clinic April 24 at BHS

Any boy from grade 3-12 and parent are invited to a shooting and individual skill clinic instructed by Todd Boblitt, head boys' basketball coach at Bluffton High School.

This clinic is free and will be held at Bluffton High School from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 24.

Both son and parent need only bring tennis shoes and athletic pants. The morning will start with individual skill work for both parent and son.

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Vietnamese university student finds Bluffton very friendly

By Jessanna Buschur, Bluffton University Icon intern
Focus on: My Vu, Vietnam
Senior, Business Major, Bluffton University

My Vu, a senior at Bluffton University, has seen parts of the world that most persons only read about. She has visited Thailand, Sigapore, Malaysia and China, and Europe is on her world-wide wish list. While My says that Thailand is a favorite for shopping, she calls Vietnam home.

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Big Sky genius

Icon viewer, Bo Antibus, on sabattical in Montana, spotted this plate in a Montana State University parking lot and passed it along to us. There's probably a similar plate from Ohio floating around somewhere.

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Female singer-songwriter next performer on Town Hall series

Gina Holsopple

Gina Holsopple is the next performer on the Town Hall Concert Series, sponsored by the Bluffton Cultural Affairs Committee, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick of the committee.

Holsopple, a singer-songwriter based in central New York, will perform at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 29, in the third floor of the town hall. Admission is by donation.

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Joan Elizabeth Harrison 1927-2010

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Joan Elizabeth Harrison, 82, of Bluffton passed away at 8 a.m., April 15, 2010, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born on Dec. 10, 1927 in Columbus, Ohio, to Orville R. and M. Elizabeth Tingley Jordan. On May 3, 1947, she married Pleasant Junior "P.J." Harrison and he preceded her in death on Nov. 14, 1984.

Mrs. Harrison had worked at Triplett Corporation, Bluffton. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Bluffton and the Order of Eastern Star. She was a 41-year breast cancer survivor and had graduated from West Liberty High School.

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"Welcome to McDonald's, may I take your order" woman named Ohio crew person of the year

Luke Franz with Heather Lutz

Heather Lutz, an employee of Jerry Lewis' Bluffton McDonald's Restaurant, was recently chosen as the McDonald's Crew Person of the Year for the state of Ohio.

Lutz was chosen out of nominees from the more than 700 Ohio McDonald's Restaurants.

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