This blooming tree - a portion of which is on the home page - displays its full spring time colors. It is at the parking lot entrance of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
The month of April has been designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the United States. The goal of Sexual Assault Awareness Month is to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.
This April communities across the country are proclaiming "It's time ... to talk about it!" Let's be honest, "it" is not an easy subject to talk about.
Allow us to draw your attention to the bottom right side of our home page. There you'll see The Icon's most recent addition to our regular features. Thanks to a program called "Issuu" we are able to present material in a booklet or magazine format.
Earlier you may have noticed our posting of "Explore Bluffton." That was our first venture into this new feature.
At the moment, you'll see what we titled "The colors of spring in Bluffton, Ohio." It's a book, or magazine on the web featuring photos of Bluffton in full bloom.
Kevin Haver, director of the Johnny Appleseed Park District, and Phil Martin, Blanchard River Watershed Partnership Coordinator, are the two speakers at April Bluffton Lions Club meetings.
Haver speakers on April 3; Martin on April 17. Both meetings, in the Maple Crest Patio Room, start at 11:50 a.m.
The club's April newsletter is now available to Icon viewers. The newsletter is an attachment at the bottom of this story.
Mary Ann Kooker, playing Easter music on the piano, is the featured program of the April dinner meeting of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Association, according to Tonya Meyer, Center director.
The dinner is at 6 p.m., Monday, April 9, at the Center. Pandora United Methodist Church will cater the dinner of ham balls, cheesy potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, roll and upside-down cake.
