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On Apr. 6 at 6 p.m., join us in celebrating National Poetry Month with a “VoxPop” Poetry Reading. Guests may take turns reading one or more of their own original poems.  Sign-in to do so begins at 6 p.m. while the reading begins at 6:30 p.m. There will be popcorn and soda pop for participants and audience members to enjoy.

Sponsored by Bluffton Creative Writers.

Wednesday Addams gets married and it's meet the parents time

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The Addams Family musical comes to the middle school stage later this month in a show featuring every father's nightmare.

Performances are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 23. Kara Zink directs the performances. Tickets are on sale in the middle school office during school hours. Reserved seated at $10 and general admission tickets are $5.

Here's a summary of the show:

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Bluffton boys' tennis team moved to 3-0 by blanking Elida 5-0 last week. Results follow:

Number 1 singles – Justin Haggard, 6-0, 6-0
Number 2 singles - Ryan Sprague, 6-1, 6-0
Number 3 singles – Trevor Bunch, 6-0, 6-0

Number 1 doubles – Levi Mikesell/Jaret Geiser, 6-2, 7-5
Number 2 doubles – Tad Steiner/Jake Staley, 6-1, 6-1

Here's Bluffton's fourth and fifth grade honor roll

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The Bluffton fourth and fifth grade honor roll for the third quarter of the 2016-17 school year is now available.

Viewers may see it by opening the attachment below,

You won't want to miss the duck race

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Bluffton University will host the annual Riley Creek Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the Sommer Center.

Open to the public, the festival will feature block-party-style events including:
• family-friendly inflatables,
• three live musical acts,
• games hosted by student organizations
• Rubber Duck Race on Riley Creek

Did you know sometimes she reads five or more books at one time?

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The Icon relaunched its 15-minute interviews with staff members of the Bluffton Public Library. Here's part of our chat with Jessica Hermiller. Watch for more interviews along the way.

Jessica Hermiller
Director
Bluffton Public Library

How long have you been on the library staff?
Since January of 2014.

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