Sorry about that. We didn't mean to mess up your day. You know, no Icon on the internet Tuesday morning.

Fact is we are making some changes - for the better - and like that interstate in Los Angeles, felt it was easier to take the Icon off line while improvements were made.

We took The Icon off line on Monday evening, hoping to be live first thing Tuesday morning. You know how that works. It was more like noon on Tuesday and you probably still see some glitches.

Never fear. These will go away and we will soon share with you several new pieces in the works.

Instead of Bluffton Child Development Center students going to the farm, the farm came to them last week. Members of the Bluffton 4-H Cattle Club visited the Center and shared some of their animals with the children, according to Mary Painter, Center director.

"Our kids had so many questions to ask and the members of the club were very willing to answer them," said Painter. "It was truly an on-hands experience that some children may never have access to."

Katie Nelson and Scott Troyer's summer tour will include a Bluffton concert at 7 p.m., Saturday Aug. 6, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.

Donations are accepted at the door.

According to Wendy Chappell-Dick of the Bluffton Cultural Affairs Committee, "Katie Nelson and Scott Troyer claim the road as their home. Touring throughout the U.S. they play for audiences at a variety of venues like conferences, pubs, schools, churches, caf'es, prisons, theaters and homes."

Do you like seeing different places and looking at objects of interest? Then Bluffton Public Library's Photo Exhibit is for you.

The library will be hosting an exhibit of all photographs entered into its Novel Destinations Photo Contest on Saturday, Aug. 6. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Richland Room of the library.

Thanks to Dennis Morrison Icon viewers may now watch a short You Tube video that shows photos of every Bluffton, Ohio, mayor.

Morrison, who was active on the Bluffton sesquicentennial committee, created the video prior to the sesquicentennial. During the event gave a lecture on mayors.

To view the Bluffton mayor pictorial click here.

Women's Entrepreneurial Network (WEN) - open to women and men - will meet at 11:30 a.m., Monday, July 18, in Jeanne's Kitchen, 112 Vine St., Bluffton.

Linda Everhardt-Kardux, president of the organization, said that the meeting is open to all business owners, sole proprietors, sales people, people thinking about starting a business and people looking for a career change.

Mennonite Memorial Home announces the addition of private rooms for rehabilitation and recovery after surgery or an extended illness.

These new rehab and recovery rooms are for persons who are looking for a short stay and plan to return to their home.

Mennonite Memorial Home will work with physicians and families to follow a plan of care to get people back to their home as quickly as possible.

Mennonite Memorial Home also works with Northwest Physical Therapy on speech, occupational and physical therapy during individual recoveries.

Village Cut & Curl, 212 Cherry St., announces that Angie Sunderland has joined its staff. Sunderland has 13 years of experience and loves the new trends in cutting and hair color, according to Lynda Best. She also enjoys men and children cuts. Call 419-358-7593 at Village Cut N Curl for a appointment.