Buried in the straw are hundreds and hundreds of plants waiting for June. Here's a look at the strawberry rows at the corner of Pandora Road and Bixel Road. Maybe this time next month, we'll see you out there.
The spring 2013 Bluffton school newsletter is now on The Icon for viewers.
It includes reports from building principals and the 2013-14 school calendar, in addition to several other bits of information about the school district.
It’s difficult to know which the residents and contestants at Richland Manor’s pie baking contest enjoyed more – making their pies, or tasting them, as bakers and tasters alike lined up to sample the entries at the campus’ Pie Baking Contest recently.
Prior to the contest, Richland Manor residents Ruth Wildermuth and Michele Cardone made a homemade crust for the Caramel Chocolate Apple Crunch Pie they were entering in the contest on behalf of the residents Cooking Club.
Mustard Seed Cafe, 562 N. Main St., Bluffton, has a Mother's Day special on Sunday, May 12. All mothers will receive a packet of mustard seeds to plant. The cafe will also offer its regular menu between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.
In addition, a special holiday dinner is available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests may eat indoors or out (weather permitting), and reservations are suggested all day.
Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, Bluffton, has several Mother's Day special offers. These include:
• 20 percent off garden accents and gifts
• 10 percent off flowering trees and shrubs
• $1 off all hanging baskets
• $5 off specialty hanging baskets
Hours are:
Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sundays in May Noon to 5 p.m.
Minutes away from becoming Bluffton University graduates on May 5, 279 students were reminded that they have another test.
“That test is called ‘the rest of your life,’” said Dr. J. Denny Weaver, a professor emeritus of religion at Bluffton and the speaker at the university’s 113th annual commencement ceremony.
The test is “how well you invest the education you have acquired,” he said, urging the graduates to do so by helping bend the moral arc that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said is long but “bends toward justice.”
