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Joan L. Bemiller, 72, died at her home in Bluffton,on Monday, April 22, 2013. She had lived in Mansfield for over 47 years and recently moved to Bluffton.

The new Bluffton sidewalk ordinance is on hold.

Bluffton council tabled the third reading of the ordinance on Monday evening.

In moving to table it, Dave Steiner said, “There is activity in the state house regarding how sidewalks can be financed. We need to work it into the ordinance.”

Council passed the first reading of an 11-page ordinance regulating bed and breakfasts in the village. This ordinance is in place for an anticipated bed and breakfast to be requested on South Main Street.

Donald Isaac Jr. has a radio show syndicated on 17 stations and affiliated websites worldwide — and he’s still in college.

The Bluffton University junior’s work on his show, “The Chillout Sessions,” and as program director at campus radio station WBWH, helped earn him the Antelle Haithcock Humanitarian Scholarship at the recent Community Enrichment Dinner in Lima.

The Walter C. Potts Entrepreneur Center awards the $500 scholarship, which goes to a local student pursuing a career in broadcasting, journalism or music.

Reviewed By: Delano Whidbee
Artist: Lil Wayne
Song: Love Me
Genre: Hip Hop
Rating 5/5

 
According to the complex, Future has confirmed via twitter that Lil Wayne’s new single “Love Me” has certified platinum, having sold more than a million individual units to date.

Lil Wayne added Drake and Future to this platinum single which feature on his new album “I Am Not A Human Being 2.”

Girls in a Bluffton Brownies troop recently had a downtown adventure, searching for community symbols. One symbol is the post office mural of early settlers building Bluffton. Girls from left are Ella Heiks, Lydia Huber, Alison Burghaze, Melina Meza, Clara Matthews, Bella Angel, Ellie Hoffman, Celia Smith and Becca Gallant. Watch for more photos and a story about this project coming soon on The Icon.

 

Kerry Bush, daughter of Perry and Elysia Bush of Bluffton, is participating in a cross-cultural experience in Bolivia, May 7-25. She and other Bluffton University students will be visiting development projects of Mennonite Central Committee and interacting with schools, an orphanage and a day care center. Students will spend several days in the Andes Mountains in La Paz, the capital city.

Bush is a senior at Bluffton, where she is majoring in graphic design.  She is a graduate of Bluffton High School.

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