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Bluffton council okayed a 2011street maintenance program on Monday that, when added together in one length, extends for more than one mile.

Depending upon the funds available, the following projects will take place this year:

The Icon branches out, no pun intended - from vanity plates to bumper stickers of interest. We spotted this one behind The Food Store.

Maple Crest retirement community will be busy in April. The Icon has posted the April calendar. It may be viewed by opening the attachment at the bottom of this story.

A local dog and cat rescue group, A Lotta Love Pet Rescue, is in the midst of its annual fund drive.

"All contributions are tax deductible in full," said David Baumgartner of Bluffton, who is member of the organization. A Lotta Love Pet rescue is a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization."

"Essence: Discovering Beauty and Love"

A simple beauty, a chorus of love
accompanies each still dawn
until it emerges again.

Listen, watch, breathe, discover
the gifts dancing, lurking,
hidden in plain sight.

Blessings for children and elders,
drawing each toward life
abundant, enough.
The essence of it all.

H.W. Thomas

"A Persistent Decree"

Jacob Litwiller, a trumpet player from Hopedale, Ill., will present his Bluffton University senior recital at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in Yoder Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.

Litwiller is a student of Dr. Jeffrey Boehm, a professor of music at Bluffton. Boehm will join Litwiller and 12 others-primarily current Bluffton students-in an instrumental ensemble that will perform Litwiller's "Quintet No. 2 in A," conducted by Brandon Fullenkamp, a Bluffton senior from Wapakoneta, Ohio.

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