Blanchard Valley Hospital Rehab & Sports Medicine, along with the Hancock Park District and the Hancock County Convention and Visitors Bureau, is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Flirt with Dirt 5K Trail Run/Walk on Saturday, July 14, at Riverbend Recreational Area in Findlay. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m., the trail race will start at 8:30 a.m. and the walk will begin at 8:40 a.m.
The course for the event is on wood chipped and grass trails with short stretches of asphalt throughout the park area. This is a USA Track & Field certified course.
Leonard Deal Kingsley, 95, died at 9:20 a.m., June 5, 2012, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born in LaGrange County, Indiana, to Ray S. and Mertie (Deal) Kingsley.
On Sept. 1, 1940, he married Velma K. Emmert and she survives.
Mr. Kingsley worked as an educator (teacher and school administrator) most of his life. He retired as superintendent of Penta-County Vocational High School, Rossford, Ohio, in 1987.
Swimming lessons are coming soon to a swimming pool near you and that pool is the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool. Here's this summer's swim lesson schedule:
Session I
June 25-July 6
11:15-11:45 a.m.
5:15-5:45 p.m.
Session II
July 16- July 27
11:15-11:45 a.m.
5:15-5:45 p.m.
Session III
August 6-Aug. 17
11:15-11:45 a.m.
5:15-5:45 p.m.
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
The Bluffton High School girls' track team finished fourth at the Division III state track meet held last weekend. To some, the results may be looked as a surprise, but to others, it was more of an expectation that the squad can do great things.
Just when you thought you saw all the possible aerial views of Bluffton in the early 1950s, this photo pops up. It shows Bluffton from the east looking west starting at Vance Street.
If you listen closely, you can hear people on the street talking to one another.
There are lot and lots of things to see in this view. Notice what is today the village parking lot behind Greg's.
