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Olivia Spallinger focuses on the music score. As a member of the Bluffton Junior High Band, she will be among dozens and dozens of performers at tonights Bluffton Music Booster chicken barbecue. In the photo below fourth graders rehearsal their recorders. Click here for the performance schedule.

Stratton Greenhouses working on this year's program

Orders are now being placed for this summer’s downtown flowerpots.

According to Susie and Steve Stratton of Stratton Greenhouses, “This is our 11th year for providing the potted plants on Main Street.”

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To make this happen the Strattons invite contributions to keep the program going. This year, like last year, the sponsorships are $125 per pot. If sponsored by Monday, March 27, the cost is $115 per pot.

No one knows you like your primary care provider

Bluffton Hospital provides this feature on the importance of primary care providers (PCP). If you don't already have a PCP call the Blanchard Valley Medical Provider Physician Referral Line at 419-422.APPT (2778).

When you are not feeling well, it is important to contact your primary care provider (PCP) for guidance first.

This is the best place to receive care for common illnesses, minor injuries or routine wellness checks. Your PCP can be your partner in managing your health over a period of time, making chronic conditions less symptomatic.

March 29 in Yoder Recital Hall

Bluffton University will hold its annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, in Yoder Recital Hall.
 
Students selected to participate will prepare an oration, no more than ten minutes in length, that applies a peace-church perspective to an issue of contemporary concern.
 
• Eric Beachy ’17 of Millersburg, will present a speech titled, “Making Peace Through Restorative
• A speech titled, “Studying History as the Path of Peace,” will be presented by Kenny Beeker ’18 of McComb.

Registration underway at elementary office

Kindergarten screening for the 2017-18 school year in the Bluffton school district takes place Monday and Tuesday, April 3 and 4.

Any child who will be 5 years old by Aug. 1, 2017, is eligible to enroll. Contact the elementary office at 419-358-7951 with the following information:

• Student’s name
• Birth date
• Parents’ names
• Address
• Phone number

You may also send information via email to [email protected].

Icon's panel of experts can handle any obscure Bluffton question

The Icon is a well-respected source for most any bit of information about Bluffton history.

Viewers are assured that we offer a panel of local experts to answer all Bluffton questions sent to us.

An example of this expertise follows: (names are changed for confidentiality).

Let’s say that two brother (we’ll call them Dan Groman and Darrell Groman) posed this Bluffton question to the Icon:

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