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Friday is the last day; report cards mailed June 4

Note: The last day of school is Friday, May 25. Report cards for the last grading period will be mailed home on Monday, June 4. 

Another school year concludes.

The spring school newsletter summarizes many of the activities taking place as the year ends. A copy of the newsletter is attached at the bottom of this story. Here is a spring school summary provided by Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent. His complete column is in the newsletter.

Taking a closer look at our community resources

Note: America in Bloom judges will visit Bluffton July 19-20. To help viewers understand the Bloom judging process, each week on the Icon the Bluffton in Bloom board will describe one of the "Bloom" categories. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

If you find a decorated rock, you'll know why

Several photos with this story
are from the first graders'
Facebook Bluffton OH rocks

Don't be surprised to find colorfully painted rocks on Main Street, and elsewhere in Bluffton.

It's all part of a project of Megan Quinton's first graders.

Quinton told the Icon that her students are discovering that Bluffton “rocks.” And, they invite Icon viewers to make this discovery also.

Beam setting over railroad, deck pour over the Blanchard River to restrict I-75 traffic beginning Tuesday

The following impacts to traffic related to the reconstruction and widening of Interstate 75 through Findlay and Hancock County are scheduled to occur soon, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation:

Interstate 75
Interstate 75, both northbound and southbound throughout the project, from just south of Harrison Street to county Road 99, is currently not restricted.

Parade, ceremony at Maple Grove, chicken barbecue

Bluffton will observe Memorial Day with traditional events on Monday, May 28.

The Bluffton American Legion Post 382 will hold a parade from the town hall to Maple Grove Cemetery. Line up is 9:15 a.m. and the parade starts at 9:30 a.m.

A 10 a.m. ceremony takes place at 10 a.m. Lt. Ryan Benroth, a 2005 Bluffton High School graduate and 2012 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, is the speaker.

The Icon spotted this Hancock County plate on a blue mini-Cooper earlier this spring in Bluffton.

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