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The Easter Bunny is coming to Bluffton.

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) and Jerry Lewis’ McDonald’s will host their annual Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. sharp, Saturday, March 28, at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton. 

The Easter egg hunt will take place come rain or shine. There will be no rain date.

Children ages 8 and under are invited to come, hunt for hidden eggs, register for prizes, gift baskets and have their parents take their pictures with the Easter Bunny. 

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The Bluffton HS Academic team took first place out of 15 teams at the Wright State University Scholastic Bowl on Friday, March 6.

The win qualifies the team to compete in the Ohio Academic Competition Regional Tournament in April. Team members from left, Alton Burkholder, Christopher Harnish, Katie Scott, Elizabeth Nisly, Noah Woodruff and Brice Metzger.

John George is the team coach.

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Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) provided checks of $1,000 each to Bluffton Release Time/Weekday Christian Education and the Pandora-Gilboa Athletic Boosters.

Presentations were made in Bluffton on Feb. 20 and in Pandora on March 3.
• The photo above shows the presentation to Bluffton Weekday Christian Education scholarship fund.
• The photo below shows the presentation to the PG Athletic Boosters. 

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The Bluffton elementary PTO never stops to take a breath. Melissa Knauss, PTO president, provided an update from the organization for the Icon. It follows:

"The PTO committee continues to look at ways we can help our school, teachers, and students. 

"Nineteen lunch box totes were purchased and are being used by the majority of the first through fourth grade classrooms. The students can now take lunch boxes with ease to the cafeteria, as the totes have wheels and a handle. 

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Those puppeteers we visited recently at the Bluffton Child Development Center now have painted faces.

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The Icon stopped into visit the morning Kindergarten class at BCDC last week for an artistic update.

We found Daphne Johnston with her sparkly cat, Drew Frideger with his one-eyed creature, Gracie Warren with her cat with no name and Sam Hartzler with Mario.

The Icon promised to keep viewers informed as clothing is added to the puppets. Click here for an earlier view.

 

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What's your favorite soup?

Henry’s, Ottawa, providing baked potato soup, won this year’s Maple Crest Senior Living Village of Bluffton, soup cook-off.

Second place was Luke’s Bar and Grill, Bluffton, with tomato basil Parmesan bisque soup. Third place was Apollo Career Center, Lima, with cream cheese chicken chili soup.

Others soup entries were from Bluffton Hospital, Common Grounds of Bluffton, Touches from the Heart of Ottawa, and W.g. Grinders of Lima.

Over 150 persons attended and cast ballots for their favorite soup.

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