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Public library closed for Presidents' Day Feb. 21

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 10, 2011 - 1:10pm

Bluffton Public Library will be closed Monday, February 21, in observance of Presidents' Day.

Due dates for library materials will be adjusted accordingly. For more information, visit the library, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org, check out the library's Facebook page or call 419-358-5016.

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School will be in session Monday, Feb. 21

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 10, 2011 - 8:44am

The winter weather forced changes in the Bluffton school calendar. According to Greg Denecker, superintendent, the school has used its three cancellation days. It may need to make up two days.

Monday, Feb. 21, President's Day, originally a no-school day, will now be a school in-session day.

Denecker said that the Ohio legislature may act this month on extending from three to five the number of weather cancellation days allowed this year, because of this year's unusual weather patterns.

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Sportsmen's Club announce website; now on Facebook

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2011 - 5:21pm

The Bluffton Sportsmen's Club announces that it has launched a website and that the club is also on Facebook, according to Ryan Motter, club vice president.

Persons interested in checking out the website go to: www.blufftonsportsmensclub.com. Persons may also reach the club on Facebook at Bluffton Community Sportsmen's Club.

The website is very informative. It includes the condition of both the Buckeye and National Quarry plus activities of the club.

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Your invitation to help keep downtown Bluffton blooming this summer

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2011 - 4:36pm
One of Stratton Greenhouses' flowering Main Street pots

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce encourages community members, businesses and organizations to participate in Stratton Greenhouses' annual downtown summer flowerpot beautification program this summer.

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A real HAM

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 8, 2011 - 5:47pm

Here's an amateur radio plate that The Icon spotted in the Community Market parking lot.

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You can have your pie and eat it too Friday evening at Maple Crest

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 8, 2011 - 5:33pm

By Kirstie Runion, Bluffton University Icon Intern

Peanut cream, hickory nut, chocolate, pecan, coconut cream-the list of entries in this year's Maple Crest Pie Baking Contest can make anyone's mouth water.

"Who doesn't want a warm pie after a winter like this?" said Julie Stratton, director of marketing and public relations at Maple Crest.

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