The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association invites residents to participate in its Cross Walk taking place today at 11:30 a.m. The Walk begins at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
The carrying of the cross to commemorate Jesus' passion will begin at:
o St. Mary's Catholic Church at 11:30 a.m. and proceed to
o First United Methodist Church,
o First Mennonite Church,
o Bluffton Presbyterian Church,
o English Lutheran Church,
o and ends at St. John United Church of Christ.
Anyone is welcome to join at any point along the route.
Progress continues on the Bluffton Hospital construction project. Here's the latest report on work being completed.
Last Week:
Outside:
The plumbing was able to make the final switch to the new water supply system. On Thursday morning, the fire sprinkler system was switched to the new system and, at the same time, the gas system was switched over.
The designers were also able to resolve some elevation problems so that driveway grading can continue.
Make way for Grand Shannon. The Bluffton Sportsmen's Club 67th annual trout derby, held Sunday, May 1, will honor the village sesquicentennial by naming its number one tagged ground "Grand Shannon."
This year's derby has over $4,000 in cash and prizes on tagged trout.
Icon viewers had a hand in naming this year's fish. The Sportsmen's Club invited The Icon to poll viewers on four suggested names for this year's tag number 1. Icon viewers chose "Grand Shannon."
A sesquicentennial community choir is organizing for the community worship service planned June 26 in the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn.
Mark Suderman, music director of First Mennonite Church, will direct the choir. The choir will have two rehearsals. The first is at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 15. The second is Friday, June 24, with the time of that rehearsal to be announced.
Rehearsals at in First Mennonite Church. All singers in the community are welcome to participate.
Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day. It's April and it's raining. Here's the weather summary for the past seven days from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Date High Low Precipitation
April 12 56 41
April 13 65 31
April 14 65 39
April 15 60 38 0.04
April 16 60 37 0.33
April 17 58 38 trace
April 18 47 37 0.10
