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Presentation at next Gardeners club meeting on April 2

The next Gardeners of the Bluffton Pandora Area meeting is Monday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bluffton Public Library, in the lower meeting room. Laurie Laird from New Leaf Garden Center will give a presentation on garden planning, for both spring vegetable and flower gardens. This event is free and open to the public.

The monthly newsletter "Edelweiss News" from the club is available on the Icon. Click on the link below to view the newsletter.

FROM BLUFFTON CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURS FACEBOOK - Congratulations to former Bluffton Farmers Market vendor

Bluffton High School spring sports is underway. Here’s the scores from the first contests. Watch the Icon later this week for complete game results from www.blufftonpirates.com

The Pirate baseball  team droped the opener 13-1 to McComb on Monday. Back in action Tuesday at Carey.

Lady Pirate defeat McComb 7-6 with home runs from Katie Prater and Libby Schaadt.

Bluffton boys’ tennis team defeated Bath 3-2.

52nd juried student exhibit opens April 1

The Bluffton University art department will present the 52nd Juried Student Exhibition from April 1-May 5 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery in Sauder Visual Arts Center. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will showcase work created this academic year by students in university art classes or supervised independent studies.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. 

Apollo Career Center will hold its seventh annual Apollopalooza on April 11, 5:30-7 p.m. Apollopalooza will showcase both the high school and adult education programs, celebrate Apollo's partnerships with local businesses, highlight Career Tech opportunities, its students and instructors. The event is free and open to the public.

Purpose to demonstrate that cover crops, soil testing and conservation tillage will not lower crop yields

Bluffton council will learn tonight about a grant pursued by the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership involving farmers in the Lower Riley Creek Watershed.

The grant was recently submitted to the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program. Funding is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The grant’s purpose is to demonstrate that the use of cover crops, soil testing and conservation tillage will not lower crop yields.

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