Emily Sprague, Bluffton High School junior, is the April student of the month at BHS.
Emily holds a 4.0 grade point average. She is a member of SADD, Spanish Club and National Honor Society. She coaches tennis to elementary youth at BFR and is an office helper at BHS. She participates in girls' tennis. She received the Pirate award, Golden Racquet award, was named to the second team all-district, holds a perfect attendance and has achieved academic awards in geometry and discovering foods.
She is the daughter of Jon and Aimee Sprague, 101 Hawthorn Court, Bluffton.
Julia Schmidt, Pandora, was named to the Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., spring semester dean's list. She is a junior philosophy and theology, and history major.
It's been several decades since you could ride a train in Bluffton. That changed on May 12 when the Pumpkin Vine Railroad came to the arts and crafts show. The railroad was a new feature for youngesters this year.
By Jake Dowling, Icon summer intern
Soon school will be out, but families can still read at the Bluffton Public Library this summer. BPL is hosting its annual summer reading club from June 4 to July 31.
"This year our theme is "Dream big, Read!" which is all about night time," said Rikki Unterbrink, library youth services coordinator.
Youths in grades kindergarten to fifth, will have a theme called "Dream big, Read!" while teens ranging from grades sixth to high school seniors, will have a separate but related theme called "Own the night."
Bluffton Public Library will be closed Monday, May 28, in observance of Memorial Day. Due dates for library materials will be adjusted accordingly. For more information, visit the library, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org, or call 419-358-5016.
