The Blaze of Lights is a parade, but it's lots more, too. John George, town crier and master of ceremonies, interviews Anna Ruth Reichenbach, this year's switch-hitter, and Ed and Nancy Yeager, parade marshals. Click here for lots more Blaze photos.
Meet Bluffton's newest business of 2015 - that's right.
Bluffton Pediatrics will open on Jan. 5, 2015 at 505 E. Jefferson St., Suite A, in what most Icon viewers know as the front offices of the Diamond Manufacturing building.
Beth A. Bish, CNP, pediatric nurse pracitioner, is co-owner along with her husband, Jim Bish, RN. The business was introduced at a Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast earlier this fall, and Icon viewers will hear more about its services closer to its opening date.
The Bluffton Blaze of Lights is more than just a parade. There's music, entertainment, food, and lots of things that get people into the Christmas spirit.
New to this year's Blaze was a wood sculpture demonstration by John Guagenti. The Icon offers lots more photos. Viewers will find them in the attachment below this story.
James "Jim" L. Lewis, 72, of Ada died at 9:35 p.m. Dec. 1, 2014, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 25, 1942, in Beaverdam to the late Charles and LaVaun Reeder Lewis. On July 27, 1963, he married Betty Gaiffe and she survives.
He retired after 30 years from Ohio Northern University where he worked as a purchasing agent. He was a graduate of Beaverdam High School and a veteran of the Navy during the Cuban missile crisis.
The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District. The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four.
In order to pick up a box, you must register by calling 419-384-3038 by 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15. Boxes will be available to be picked up on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 11 a.m. at Grace Mennonite Church, 502 East Main Street, Pandora.
Note that pickup is a week earlier than usual due the the Christmas Holiday.
Christmas For Kids will be held at Trinity Lutheran School, 105 Allen Street, Jenera, on Saturday, December 6 from 1-4:30 p.m. The afternoon will provide children in Pre-school through 4th grade a special opportunity to hear the real message of Christmas, along with Christmas crafts, music, refreshments and fun. For more information, please call 419-326-4402.
