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Saturday - downtown Bluffton - crafts, llamas, farmers market, entertainment, pony rides - it's Bluffton's arts and crafts show

Quilted baby blankets, fabric toys, bags, pies and caramel corn, home decor, pottery, fragrances, headbands, hair clips, jewelry made from silverware, wire yard ornaments, handmade wooden tables and lots, lots more.

A MAP SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF THIS YEAR'S SHOW IS IN AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce's 43th annual arts and crafts show takes up Main Street from the post office to the town hall on Saturday.

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Crafty ideas

You name it - every craft you can think of will be on Main Street Bluffton on Saturday. Here's a scene from last year's show. This year over 80 crafts and business booths will be on Main Street from the post office to the town hall. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Here's the Mustard Seed Cafe's Mothers' Day menu

Mothers' Day Brunch will be offered at Mustard Seed Café on Sunday from 10-2. There will be no breakfast hours and no regular menu. Reservations are suggested: 567-226-1120.

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Karen Mitterholzer wins April cash mob shopping spree

Karen Mitterholzer of Bluffton is the April Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce cash mob shopping spree winner. Her entry was drawn from persons who attended the cash mob at Town and Country Flowers on April 30.

She wins a $25 shopping spree at Town and Country Flowers, compliments of the chamber, plus a flower bouquet from Town and Country.

Bluffton's next cash mob is Wednesday, May 28, at Timeless Treasures Christian Books, 124 N. Main St. Watch the Icon for more details about May's cash mob.

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Let's see what's on the public library calendar in May

Bluffton Public Library is a busy place in May. Here is a list of some of this month's activities:

• Wednesday, May 7, marks the first day of the annual Friends of the Bluffton Public Library Book Sale.  This event will continue until Saturday, May 10.  See hours on our website.  Lower Level Meeting Room.

 

• World Fair-Trade Day is May 10 and to celebrate, our display case will exhibit fair trade items for the month of May!

Lima mayor to Bluffton grads: Your education’s just beginning

For many college students, graduation means that life in the “real world” is beginning and “studying is over,” the mayor of Lima said at Bluffton University’s commencement ceremony May 4.

“I understand this perspective because I lived it,” added David Berger, noting that he skipped two graduation ceremonies—at the undergraduate and graduate levels—because they weren’t important and he didn’t have time for them. “I was done studying,” he recalled. “I needed to make money, to begin to pay my school debt.”

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