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The Allen County Bike and Pedestrian Task Force and the Bluffton Pedestrian and Bike Pathway Steering Committee wants Icon viewers to get on their bikes this summer.

The Allen County task force is cooperating with the National Bike Challenge, which started May 1 and continues to Sept. 30.

The local goal is to get 100 riders to log 60,000 miles by Sept. 30.

Friends of the Library will hold the spring library book sale May 13-16 at the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St. Among the many books for sale will be history, romance, mystery and children's books. Prices are by donation.

Browse the books and have a cookie while you read.

 

Bluffton's east side water tower has a fresh paint job. It's the Bluffton University logo in official university colors.

Margery (Lecrone) Gregg has a simple answer to the question of what keeps bringing her back to the Bluffton campus where she graduated from college in 1940.

“It’s home,” says the Amsterdam, Ohio, resident, 96, who returned again with her daughter and son-in-law, Carol (Gregg ’66) and Jan ’69 Benroth, for Bluffton University’s annual May Day events on May 2.

The April student of the month at Bluffton High School is Emma Burkholder, daughter of Steve and Laurel Burkholder.

Emma is a senior at Bluffton high school and has a 3.561 GPA.

She is involved in many activities including Chamber Choir, Show Choir, District 3 Honors Choir, National Honor Society, Drama Club, Latin Club, Academic Team, Teens for Christ, Ebenezer Mennonite Youth Group and Campus Life. Other interests include dancing, acting, singing and traveling.

Durand S. Dudley, 89 of Bluffton and formerly of Findlay passed away May 4, 2015 at Willow Ridge - Frieda House, Bluffton.  He was born February 28, 1926 in Cleveland to the late George and Corinne (Durand) Dudley.  On July 3, 1954 he married Dorothy Woolworth Dudley who preceded him in death on April 26, 1997.

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