The Village of Bluffton is now accepting lifeguard applications for Summer
2023 at the Bluffton Community Pool, 205 Snider Rd.

Here's the pitch:

"In need of a tan? This is the perfect summer job for High School! We work around your schedule! Fun environment!

"Questions? Message the Bluffton Community Pool or Jennie Wilson! I will be posting Lifeguard Certification class information soon, as classes around the area are beginning."

The application deadline is 4:00 p.m. on April 22, 2023.

If you have questions, please message the Bluffton Pool or Jennie Wilson via Facebook.

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Just down the road a piece, the Icon also provides news for the Village of Ada via www.AdaIcon.com. Here's this week's headline swap:

Community provides feedback on Ada Schools sports conference

Bulldogs McClain, Bulerin compete at OHSAA wrestling meet

Another opening at Freed Center: International Play Festival

Becky Neville honored by Rotary International

15,000+ meals packaged by ONU students for disaster relief

Letter to the Icon by Marc D. Kogan

Scouting is approaching its 116th anniversary since our founding in England in 1907 and this past February 8 was the 113th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America. The founder of Scouting, Lord Baden Powell, called Scouting a game with a purpose.   

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

If this doesn’t frighten you, nothing will. The Village of Bluffton (and probably many, many other municipalities), used DDT for over 20 years to kill mosquitoes. Here’s the account from the May 28, 1953, Bluffton News.

Bluffton’s annual war on mosquitoes was launched this week under the direction of Mayor Wilbur A. Howe, as work got underway on a control program, which has proved extremely successful over the last two decades.

Frequent rainfall, which has kept streams moving, preventing the accumulation of pools of stagnant water, has made control spraying unnecessary until this week, the mayor said.

During the normal summer of treatment of Bluffton’s streams, parts of quarries, the village dump, etc., the control required about 50 gallons of DDT and approximately 1,000 gallons of oil.

Click HERE for the rest of the story.

Beavers home opener is March 18

FORT MYERS, Fla.--The Bluffton University baseball team capped off its week in Florida with a split on Saturday, March 11. An 11-0 victory over North Central (Minn.) was the highlight and then the fans were treated to an exciting final game. The Beavers battled all the way to the end, but Muskingum scored in the home ninth for a 12-11 walkoff win. Bluffton stands 4-5 after going 4-4 at the Gene Cusic Classic.

Georgia Metz ’13, pastor at Shalom Mennonite Congregation in Harrisonburg, Va., will speak during Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week Forum at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21 in Yoder Recital Hall. The title of her presentation is “Anyone Who Has Ears, Let Them Hear: Listening to the Other Side with Head and Heart.”

On March 10, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the following appointments: 

Mark B. Malone of Lima (Allen Co.) has been reappointed to the Banking Commission for a term beginning March 10, 2023, and ending January 31, 2027.

Kevin E. Smith of Findlay (Hancock Co.) has been appointed to the State Emergency Response Commission for a term beginning March 10, 2023, and ending January 13, 2025.