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Apollo Career Center superintendent Keith Horner has issued the following invitation to the communities served by the ACC high school:

Greetings from Apollo Career Center!

This is your official invitation to one of our biggest celebrations. We are always excited this time of year because of the great events ahead: Signing Day, National Honor Society Induction and Senior Honors Night.

One that may be of particular interest to you is ApolloPalooza, Thursday, April 13, 5:30-7:00 p.m. ApolloPalooza is a campus-wide, community celebration of partnerships, programs, students, alumni, community members and career tech education. Apollo Career Center, unlike most public schools, does not have the traditional extracurricular activities that allow us to open the building to the public. Furthermore, high school and adult classes are happening day and night so the campus is always in use. For ApolloPalooza, all labs and classrooms, adult education and high school, will be open for tours, demos and hands-on activities.

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Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, will have two services on Sunday, April 9.  The Easter Dawn service will begin at 6:30 a.m. under the theme: He Lives to Dry Tears and Calm Fears. 

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DEFIANCE--The Bluffton University baseball team swept a pair of games at rival Defiance College on Sunday, April 2, 2023. Bluffton improved to 10-7 overall and 4-1 in the Heartland Conference with its third and fourth straight victories.

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Bluffton Middle School has announced the following 2022-2023 3rd Quarter Honor Roll:

All A Honor Roll

6th Grade:  Kohen Anderson, Madison Coonfare, Leah Granger, Georgia Hagen, Leah Hoffman, Elyse Montel, Siren Morris, Bracyn Oglesbee, Adalynn Rettig, Samantha Ruller, Carter Steinmetz, Madelyn Sterrett, Camden Verb, Cole Weissling

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KALAMAZOO, Mich.--The Bluffton University softball team capped its week in Michigan off with a pair of setbacks at the hands of Kalamazoo College on a cold Sunday, April 2, 2023. The Hornets improved to 10-8 on the season, while Bluffton fell to 10-10 following the non-conference sweep.

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Ohio farmers intend to plant more corn and the same soybean acreage in 2023 than they did last year, according to the USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Field Office.

Ohio corn producers intend to plant 3.45 million acres this spring, up 1 percent from last year. Ohio soybean acreage is forecast at 5.10 million acres for 2023, unchanged from last year. Hay acreage for 2023 is estimated at 820 thousand acres, down 1 percent from 2022. This includes alfalfa, grain, and all other types of hay intended to be harvested for dry hay.

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For more Bluffton University sports news, visit www.BlufftonBeavers.com/

Men's Golf
The Bluffton University men's golf team tied for 3rd place at the Bluffton Spring Invite on Sunday, April 2. With the blustery winds and hail from Saturday in the rearview mirror, the Beavers showed out with a 300 on Sunday. The 12-over par established a new school mark for 18 holes.

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ArtSpace/Lima is pleased to announce the award winners from the 71st Annual Spring Show:

Best of Show – Meg Nickerson, Cable, Ohio
First Place Award – Annie King, Bellefontaine, Ohio
Second Place Award – Michael Huffman, Lima, Ohio
Third Place Award – Anita Lehman, Bluffton, Ohio
Bruce Chesser Award – T.R. Steiner, Bluffton, Ohio
Farmer Family Award – Joshua Briem, Columbus, Ohio
Martha Gustad Award – Rebecca Boutin, Lima, Ohio
Meg Dickason Award – Kelly Massillo, Ada, Ohio
Director’s Award – Camden Courtney, Findlay, Ohio

Juror for the exhibit was artist Bryan Moss of Columbus, Ohio.

The exhibit will be on display until May 19 during the ArtSpace business hours:

Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00  a.m.-5:00 p.m.

All exhibits are free and open to the public.

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The Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main, has issued a comprehensive update for events and programs taking place during the month of April 2023:

Two new Beanstack Challenges are available starting April 1 - check out Spring Into Reading and a Poetry Month challenge for the month of April. New to Beanstack? Check it out at https://blufftonpubliclibrary.org/digital/beanstack/

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Do you know the way to www.AdaIcon.com? Here's an easy shortcut to news from our neighbors up SR 235 for the week of March 27-April 2:

Arab American theater highlighted in ONU festival

An Ada business since 1986, Carol Slane Florist is Business of the Year

ONU hosts April 1 National Robotic Football Tournament

Board of Education meeting includes BVC discussion and interim superintendent appointment

Student Carmen Mancuso interviews professor David Kosmyna

Watch for the Icon's headline swap on Sundays.

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