Students from Krysti's Music Studio will be performing in the 3rd annual Performathon Fundraiser for Bluffton/ Pandora Youth for Christ/Campus Life.
Students will be performing Saturday, Aug. 14, from 8 a.m. until 1p.m. at the Campus Life building at 111 W. College Ave. Bluffton. The event is open to the public, and people can come and go as they like.
Wonder how many drivers in the Allen County seat have attempted to obtain this plate? First come, first served. The Icon spotted this on Main Street on Saturday.
One of the summer's most familiar wild flowers, Black-eyed Susans, are in full bloom in Bluffton. Officially known as Rudbeckia hirta, the flowering plant is an annual, and sometimes an biennial and even a perennial.
Here's the latest postage stamp soon to be available from the Bluffton post office. On Aug. 12, the U.S. Postal Service will pay tribute to Winslow Homer, an American artist honoring his works with the issuance of a commemorative stamp.
The stamp, which is the ninth in the American Treasures series, features Boys in a Pasture, an 1874 oil-on-canvas painting by Homer.
Here's an unusual snapshot taken in Bluffton. The people in the photo are ready to board the Western Ohio Railway (electric interurban) on Main Street. On the back of the photo is written: "Marie Ringleman taking a ride on the interurban in Bluffton, Ohio about 1922 or so."
Richard Jordan sent photo to the Icon with a note saying that he believes the handwriting on the back belongs to Austin Lehmann, whose wife was Helen Basinger Lehmann; she grew up at 536 S. Main St., sister of Ethel Basinger, who worked in Jordan's insurance agency.
The Beaverdam-Richland Fire and Rescue Department will be holding its 56th annual festival from 4 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 14, at the fire station in Beaverdam.
This is the department's annual fundraiser. Proceeds go toward upgrading equipment and vehicles that the department and community rely on.
Due to the charitable donations of several local businesses there will be free rides for children.
Also, there will be homemade food and a live band, raffle tickets, Bingo and other fun activities for family entertainment.
