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April school menus are now posted for Icon viewers.

Click here for the Bluffton middle school/elementary menu

Click here for the Bluffton High School menu

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First National Bank of Pandora announced that it has once again been awarded a 5-Star ("Superior") Rating from Bauer Financial, Inc., an independent bank rating company.

Bauer's 5-Star Rating, its highest performance ranking, represents an independent, unbiased analysis of a financial institution's safety and soundness position.

Bauer has been analyzing and reporting the financial condition of the nation's banking industry since 1983.

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The Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area will host a public lecture on rain gardens from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in the lower level meeting room of the Bluffton Public Library.

Tim Brugeman, president of the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership, is the speaker.

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The newest postage stamp available in the Bluffton post office honors the Cherry Blossom Centennial. The stamp was issued March 24.

Background on Cherry Blossom Centennial

In 1912 Japan gave 3,000 cherry trees to the United States, which were planted round the Tidal Basin in the nation's capital.

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The Icon spotted this plate in the Bluffton Hospital parking lot. Viewers are welcome to explain its meaning.

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Kevin Haver, director of the Johnny Appleseed Park District, and Phil Martin, Blanchard River Watershed Partnership Coordinator, are the two speakers at April Bluffton Lions Club meetings.

Haver speakers on April 3; Martin on April 17. Both meetings, in the Maple Crest Patio Room, start at 11:50 a.m.

The club's April newsletter is now available to Icon viewers. The newsletter is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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