Voters in the Bluffton school district approved the renewal of an income tax levy for the schools on May 4. The renewal passed in the following totals:
FOR THE LEVY 977
AGAINST THE LEVY 479

Two 2010 Bluffton University graduates, Kristen Shelly and Devon Matthews, will be married on May 29.

Kristen is the daughter of Mark and Kathy Shelly of Penfield, N.Y. She is a 2006 graduate of Penfield High School and 2010 graduate of Bluffton University.

Devon is the son of Lawrence and Louise Matthews of Bluffton. He is a 2006 graduate of Bluffton High School and 2010 graduate of Bluffton University.

An outdoor ceremony is planned Saturday afternoon, May 29, at Webster Park, Rochester, N.Y.

Yes, April was much warmer than normal. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, the 2010 April average temperature was 55.2 degrees. That's much higher than the normal April daily temperature of 48.5 degrees. And, yes, it was not as wet as previous Aprils. In 2010, April registered only 2.83 inches of rain. The normal rainfall for April is 3.29 inches. The high temperature reading of the month was 83 degrees on the 15th. The low was 30 degrees on the 18th.

Citizens National Bank recently announced an improved business bill payment product available to all its online business customers.

Provided through CheckFree, a leader in the bill payment industry, the service provides the time-saving benefit and convenience of paying all bills from one website. Business customers may now pay anyone onlline that they currently pay by check.

May is the month where we see weekend tributes to mothers and veterans, but it also celebrates something that is a little less known. Every second Saturday in May marks World Fair Trade Day, which will land on the 8th this year.

Ten Thousand Villages, one of Bluffton~Ac^a'not^a"cs biggest fair trade shops, will be celebrating World Fair Trade Day, and throughout the whole month, by offering free coffee samples on Saturdays throughout May.

By Austin Arnold, BGSU Icon intern

May is the month where we see weekend tributes to mothers and veterans, but it also celebrates something that is a little less known. Every second Saturday in May marks World Fair Trade Day, which will land on the 8th this year.

Ten Thousand Villages, one of Bluffton~Ac^a'not^a"cs biggest fair trade shops, will be celebrating World Fair Trade Day, and throughout the whole month, by offering free coffee samples on Saturdays throughout May.

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