Bluffton residents and businesses participated in this year's downtown flower pot project created several years ago by Stratton Greenhouses. Click for the total list of sponsors.
Bluffton school board meets on Tuesday, Aug. 16, just as the 2011-12 school year is nearly launched.
The agenda includes transportation routing plans, several supplemental contract decisions, substitute teacher decision and the approval of one student who will be issued a diploma due to satisfactory completion of all graduation requirements.
To view a copy of the Aug. 16 agenda, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
We at Stratton Greenhouses would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2011 Bluffton Beautification Project. Because of your generous contributions, we were able to add five additional pots to extend the flowers throughout the entire streetscape project.
This year has been an extreme challenge with the heat. We have been watering every other day since May and fertilizing once or twice a week. We have used 6,300 gallons of water.
Bluffton High School's marching band will present a run through of the pre-game and its first band show at noon, Friday, Aug. 19, at the village park, according to David Sycks, director.
The show is open to the public.
Later that evening the band will perform at the Allen County band show.
The Lilly Oncology International Art Competition and Exhibition will make a six-day stop at the Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center (BVRCC), Findlay, from Aug. 18 through Aug. 25.
The show will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 18, 19, 22, 23 and 24, and 8 a.m. to noon on Aug. 25. It is free and open to the public.
The Lilly Oncology International Art Competition and Exhibition features artwork created by cancer patients and their caregivers. Artwork includes acrylic, oil, pastel, photography and water color mediums.
A musical performathon that raised $4,346.70 during one morning and one afternoon in Bluffton.
That's exactly the result of the performathon put on the by students of Krysti's Music Studio for Bluffton's Youth for Christ program.
Krysti wishes to thank everyone who donated to YFC. She told The Icon:"We appreciate your generosity and for helping to teach the kids the importance of giving back. Prize winners will be contacted directly. Thanks again!"
Bluffton High School's marching band will present a run through of the pre-game and its first band show at noon, Friday, Aug. 19, at the village park, according to David Sycks, director.
The show is open to the public.
Later that evening the band will perform at the Allen County band show.
In honor of National Inventor's Month and the birth of Neil Armstrong, Bluffton Public Library will host a family Space Day at 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 18.
Special guest Dr. Eric Baumgartner, Dean of the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University, will begin the program by sharing his experiences working for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
