The Bluffton High School boys golf team opened its 2023 season with a four-team Northwest Conference match sweep at the Bluffton Golf Course Monday, August 7.
Bluffton finished first with 184 strokes, followed by Leipsic at 191. Spencerville totaled 193 shots, while Ada was last with a total of 229.
Evan Speicher led the Pirates with a nine-hole round of 45 to finish third overall in the match out of 20 players.
Bluffton’s Ethan Fifer and Nick Lovett were right behind him with identical scores of 46.
Preston Laytart carded a 47. Grady Coonfare and Nate Rayle each posted a total of 50 to round out the Pirate results.
Brevin Brandt of Leipsic was match medalist with a score of 39.
Bluffton is back in action at the Bluffton course vs. Ada Thursday at 4:15 p.m.
A proposed Ohio constitutional amendment shall be submitted to voters at a special election on August 8, 2023. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. For more information, visit the Allen County Board of Elections at https://www.allen.boe.ohio.gov/
Letter to the editor from Josh Tattrie of Bluffton, Ohio in response to the Icon's July 13 article.
On 6/22/23 (Police Report # 2023-00003850) I was hit (t-boned) at the intersection of 103 and County Line. I was hospitalized and spent 3 days in the ICU. I was initially transported to the Bluffton ER and then the Findlay ER. I had internal bleeding on my brain. I cannot find where my accident was made public in the docket. Can you explain why?
Seven eye-witnesses of the 1933 John Dillinger robbery of Citizens National Bank, Bluffton, will be portrayed by family members during the Saturday, Aug. 12, retelling of the robbery in downtown Bluffton.
The event is part of Bluffton History Day, recalling the 90th anniversary of the Dillinger robbery that took place Aug. 14, 1933, when Dillinger escaped with $2,100.
The August 1 Bluffton-Pandora celebration of National Night Out (NNO) had an excellent turnout for an evening of free summer fun. In and around the Bluffton Community Pool, 205 Snider Rd., the Bluffton and Pandora police departments coordinated a bounty of food, drinks and activities. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce coordinated fireworks and their funding by member donors.
The sights and sounds of Bluffton's fireworks display following the 2023 Bluffton-Pandora National Night Out are fleeting. Here's a snapshot of some of the special effects that lit the sky over Bluffton on August 1--and the final 5:00 of the spectacle.
