April is National Poetry Month, April 22 is Earth Day and April 17 is International Haiku Poetry Day. In celebration of all three, The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve and Conservation Farm is offering the annual "Haiku Hike" on Saturday, April 23, from 1 to 2 p.m.
"We will walk the trails, look for wildlife and—you guessed it—try our hands at writing haikus about nature in Spring," said Anne Coburn-Griffis. "Last year we wrote seven in an hour."
The surging Bluffton High School varsity softball team won its fifth straight game by decisively beating host Leipsic 7-1 on Charlie Bennettt Field Thursday evening, April 21.
The Pirate girls plated single runs in each of the second and third frames. Bluffton extended its lead to 5-0 with a three-run fifth.
The visitors tacked on two insurance runs in their seventh and last at bat.
Leipsic plated its lone run in the home sixth on a solo home run by losing pitcher Jocelyn Hermiller.
April is Community Banking Month and on Friday, April 29, Citizens National Bank will be highlighting local businesses with its annual gift basket giveaway and Community Shred Day. Refreshments will be served at each branch, including the 102 S. Main, Bluffton location.
Each CNB office is giving away a gift basket including local items from each of our branch communities. Anyone who visits a branch during the month of April may enter to win the Community gift baskets valued at more than $150 each.
The Bluffton Sportsmen's Club is inviting anglers to try their skill and luck at the 2022 Bluffton Fishing Derby, which will be held from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. on May 1 at Buckeye Lake, located off North Main between Elm St. and Snider Rd.
This year's #1 fish has been named "BIG TOM" for Tom Diller. The #1 tagged trout jackpot is already worth $2500.00. It will be worth more on Derby day: one half of the jackpot plus an additional $1,000.00, if caught during derby hours.
At 7 p.m. on April 29, a cast of 29 students in grades 1-8 will take the stage with two professional actors in Prairie Fire Children's Theatre's original musical production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at Trinity Lutheran School, 105 Allen Street, Jenera.
Two professional actors, Sam and Emma, will take the roles of The Huntsman and The Evil Queen.
Greenhorn restaurant, 112 Vine St., will celebrate Earth Day with a set of river-themed songs from 2:30-4 p.m. on Saturday, April 23.
A $10 donation (pay what you can) is requested to support the work of the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership.
Performers will be Wendy Chappell-Dick and Phil Gratz, who have been playing music together for almost 30 years. They enjoy songs with meaningful lyrics and they also like to have fun, covering rock, country, and pop tunes from the 70s to present day.
UPDATE: The mobile health clinic will be at Bluffton Public Library on Friday, April 29.
Have you ever driven past the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main, and wondered why there is occasionally a big ONU bus parked outside? From 9:00-11:00 a.m. on the last Friday of the month, the Ohio Northern University Healthwise program provides a mobile health clinic with free health screenings.
The Icon stopped by to chat with the providers and to take a look inside the vehicle. We began with a cheeky question:
