April 2012

Tickets are available from several Bluffton businesses and members of a Bluffton Relay for Life team for a Bluffton's Relay for Life raffle.

Prizes include:
o Create your own weekend getaway, a $500 value, provided by Bluffton Travel Agency and Great Connections Logistics, Inc.
o Six months of tanning or skin rejuvenation, a $350 value, provided by Polished Nail and Body Salon.
oFlower arrangement of the month club, a $420 value, provided by Panache Floral and Interiors.

Tickets are $5 each or three for $10.

Bob Wood, Lucy Diller, Marvin Diller, Joy Reichenbach

Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora, recognized two of its long-time supporters, Marvin and Lucy Diller, by dedicating a wing of the retirement center in their honor.

On March 31 the "Transition To Home" Wing was dedicated in honor of Marvin and Lucy Diller, according to Joy Reichenbach, administrator.

Bluffton Presbyterian Church is taking silent bids on this three-story doll house made by Min Lindsey.

Bids are accepted until Good Friday. Starting bid must be $25 or above. Icon viewers may call 419-358-5806 and leave your bid and a message or e-mail the Bluffton Presbyterian church at: [email protected]

Bluffton Public Library is looking for Volunteens (teen volunteers) between the ages of 12 and 18 for the "Dream Big - Read!" summer reading club beginning Monday, June 4. The club is designed to keep children reading and learning throughout the summer months.

Volunteens assist children and other teens with registering for the club, turning in the hours they read for prizes and with weekly programs.

April's Relay For Life meetings are scheduled. The meetings are Thursday, April 12 in the back room of Common Grounds coffee house. Committee members meet at 6 p.m. and teams at 7 p.m.

The following births were reported during March at the Bluffton Hospital. Click here for baby photos.

News flash: March was warmer than normal - by 15. 3 degrees. Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, reports the following stats for the month.

March 2012 precipitation 2.25 inches

March 2012 snow .05 inches

Normal average March precipitation 2.71 inches

March 2012 average temperature 52.8

Normal average March temperature 37.5

High temperature was 86 on March 21

Low temperature was 21 on March 10

Precipitation was recorded on 10 days in March

Bluffton High School presents "Vaudeville Tonight, A musical Revue." Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 15 on the Bluffton Middle School stage.

The musical is based upon the book by Joseph George Caruso and orchestration by Paul Curnow.

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