Ryan M. Sommers, 30, died at 4:17 p.m. Nov. 20, 2012, at University of Toledo Medical Center after an extended illness surrounded by his family and friends. He was born Jan. 3, 1982, in Bluffton to John and Elaine (Andrews) Sommers who survive in Bluffton.
He had been a computer IT Tech at First Solar Corporation, Perrysburg. He was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bluffton. He was a 2000 graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School and attended Bowling Green State University.
The Bluffton McDonald’s Girls’ Basketball Holiday Tournament is Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23-24, at Bluffton High School.
The Bluffton McDonald’s Boys’ Basketball Holiday Tournament is Friday and Saturday, Dec. 28 and 29.
Girls’ tourney
Nov. 23 - 6 p.m. – Allen East vs. Arlington
Nov. 23 – second game – Bluffton vs. Cory-Rawson
Nov. 24 - consolation game – 6 p.m.
Nov. 24 - title game, 20 minutes after conclusion of consolation game
Bluffton’s Community Assistance Program needs some emergency Christmas assistance, according to its two news co-directors, Jami Crawfis and Sarah Shank.
“We have a record number of families signed up to be ‘adopted’ for Christmas this year,” Crawfis and Shank told The Icon.
“We are getting a little bit nervous because we are down to only a month until the gifts and groceries are picked up and we still have over 15 to adopt out,” they said.
In fact, five new families signed up to be adopted last week.
Bluffton celebrates a Victorian Christmas through this year's Blaze of Lights theme. Terry Mullenhour, chair of the Bluffton Cultural Affairs Committee, created this new cutout, which is now part of the Ream holiday folk art display.
