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Bluffton Diamond Sports is busy this spring. A Mother's Day flower fundraising project is underway and ordering ends on Friday, April 15.

Flowers available for order:
o 10" hanging baskets for $15
o New Guinea Impatiens, Fuchsia, Zonal Geraniums, Ivy Geraniums, Petunias, Million Bells Combo 12" hanging baskets for $20
o Combo 10"Terra Cotta Planters for $20
o Combo 12" Terra Cotta Planters for $25

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Charles Niswander and Phillip Kingsley presented ideas for a proposed Bluffton Heritage Center to an over-flow audience of 75 persons at Friday's Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast.

Click here for a form to provide an opportunity to indicate your interest in this project.

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Here's one you don't see everyday in downtown Bluffton. The Icon spotted this Big Sky - Montana plate on Main Street last week.

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Here's an east coast plate not seen often in the midwest. It's from Maryland. The Icon spotted it on Main Street.

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The Bluffton EMS will hold a chicken barbecue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, April 10. Serving is at the EMS building, behind the fire station on Main Street.Tickets are available for $6 each. Tickets are available from Jan Basinger at 419-236-1965, or by contacting any EMS member.

The meal includes one-half chicken, baked potato, green beans and a roll. Proceeds benefit the Bluffton EMS.Desserts are available for additional cost provided by and to benefit Bluffton First United Methodist youth group.

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A parade entry form is available for printing at the bottom of this story.

You'll only see this parade once in 150 years. And you may be a part of it!

Bluffton's sesquicentennial parade, planned for Saturday, July 2, is now accepting entries.

Junior Weihrauch of Arlington, one of the best parade coordinators in northwestern Ohio, is the parade director. He handles the Bluffton Blaze of Lights parades.

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