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January school calendars available; elementary newsletter also available

January is a busy month for Bluffton school students. Here's the calendars for each building.

Click here for elementary calendar.

The January elementary newsletter may be opened as an attachment at the bottom of this story.

Click here for middle school calendar.

Click here for high school calendar.

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Smith named board president; three seats will be up for re-election in November

Renee Smith will lead the Bluffton school board in 2011. Smith was elected board president at the Jan. 11 reorganization meeting. Three school board positions will be up for re-election in 2011. That information is at the bottom of this story.

Several other appointments were made at the meeting,

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More wild Bluffton

More wild Bluffton

Over 500 Canada geese find a sunny spot to sit and gab in Bluffton's National Quarry during the winter.

Coffeehouse-style event honors King on Jan. 17

First Mennonite Church's BlauRock Cafe will present an evening of celebrating a vision of world peace expressed in music, prose, poetry, and the words of the Martin Luther King Jr.The event is at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 17, in Fellowship Hall in the church.

The evening includes coffeehouse-style entertainment. Amy Lehman Mikesell, Hassan Mosoka and Shahad Aldoori offer reports of conflict and hope from various parts of the world.Musical performers include Matthew Keeler, Jeff and Marlyce Gundy, Tamara Al-Sammarraie, and One in a Number, The Bluffton Women's Choir.

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Women's Entrepreneurial Network meeting canceled

Due to the holiday Monday, the Women's Entrepreneurial Network meeting scheduled at Jeanne's Kitchen on Jan. 17 is canceled. The next meeting is Feb. 21. For more information about WEN contact Linda Everhardt-Kardux at [email protected].

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Explain this plate, please

Somewhere among Icon viewers there's a person who can explain this plate. The Icon spotted it on Main Street.

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