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No one played tennis last week, but this week's different. Luke Headings, member of the Bluffton High School boys' tennis team, gets ready with a practice serve on the Howe Tennis Courts after a long winter.

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Were any of these guys your school bus driver? Here's the Bluffton school bus drivers from the 1964 BHS yearbook.

From left, Mr. Basinger, Dave Lughibihl, Mr. Zimmerman, Kenneth Krautter, Raymond Powell, Rev. Unruh, Francis Williams and Keith Brauen.

The Icon would appreciate knowing from viewers, who drive which bus number.

The community garden at Grace Mennonite Church in Pandora is now taking reservations for the 2014 gardening season. Plots are 30 x 35 feet in size and are located on the grounds of the church building at 502 East Main Street, Pandora.

Water is available periodically during the summer. A donation of $30 is suggested for use of the plot. To reserve a garden plot, phone Carolyn at 419-384-3829.

These plots have been prepared as a community service to Pandora, Bluffton, and other area communities. Anyone who is interested in gardening is welcome.

Bluffton High School's 15th annual academic letter banquet is at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, in the Bluffton middle school cafetorium.

Students  must have cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher to receive an academic letter.

Ten BHS seniors will make presentations. They are: Jonah Bourassa, Landon Cluts, Luke Headings, Andrew Hoff, Jonatan Moser, Trent Phillips, Ryan Sprague, Billy Theisen, Stephen Tatarkov and Aaron Wannemacher.

The entire list of students receiving academic letters is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

Jeff Gundy, a professor of English at Bluffton University, will present a program on Thursday, March 27, on his newly published book, “Somewhere Near Defiance.”

Beginning with refreshments at 3:45 p.m., the event—also featuring student participants—is free and open to the public in Bluffton’s Musselman Library Reading Room. Afterward, Gundy will sign copies of his book, which will be available for purchase.

Dr. Brian Bantum, an assistant professor of theology at Seattle Pacific University and Seminary, will address the question “Discipleship: What’s Race Got to Do with It?” in a Bluffton University forum on Tuesday, March 25. Free and open to the public, the event will begin at 11 a.m. in Bluffton’s Founders Hall.

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