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Mennonite Mutual Aid Society, 208 S. Main St., Bluffton, is The Bluffton Icon's newest advertiser.

Lynn D. Mohler is the company's manager. Dawn King is the office manager. Agents in addition to Mohler are John D. Diller, Pandora, Bethany Theis, Bluffton, Terry Kirkendall, Bluffton, and Richard H. Jordan (crop insurance), Bluffton.

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Strattton Greenhouses, 9915 E. Lincoln Highway, has a Mother' Day special for you.

In this week's Icon ad, the greenhouse is offering:

  • $1 off hanging baskets
  • 10 percent off flowering trees and shrubs

In addition Stratton's has:

  • over 10,000 Proven Winners plants in pots or hanging baskets
  • over 30,000 wave petunia plants in 209 carriers and hanging baskets
  • new nursery stock arriving daily

Hours are Monday-Friday, 9-8 p.m.; Saturdays 9-6 p.m.; Sundays in May noon-5 p.m.

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Shannon Theatre released its May 6-12 movie schedule.

RIO (G) will show in 2D format evenings at 7 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 p.m.

RIO will also show in 3D format Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. only. All 3D tickets are $6 each.

Also showing is Source Code, rated PG-13, at 9:30 p.m. each evening.

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Ten Thousand Villages, 115 S. Main St., Bluffton, has a shipment of new items including ceramic teat light holders handcrafted from Vietnam.

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Jeff Kantner of Family True Value Hardware, 109 N. Main St., Bluffton, announced the store's May bargains of the month recently.

These specials include:
o Kingsford charcoal briquets regularly $9.99 for only $5.99
o 2-package hose nozzles for only $9.97
o Miracle-Gro potting mix regularly $8.49 for only $5.99
(1 cubic foot mix)

Hardware hours are Mondays through Saturdays 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The telephone is 419-358-2866.

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The IRS announced that more than 4.1 million New Ohioans filed their 2010 individual federal income tax returns electronically for the period ending April 28, 2011.
This represents a 10.4 percent increase over e-filed returns for the same period last year and exceeded by nearly 500,000 the total number of e-filed individual income tax returns by Ohioans for all of tax year 2009. Ohioans submitted more than 3.6 million e-filed returns for tax year 2009.

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