Bluffton High School senior and student at Apollo Career Center Mary Huffman is a candidate for queen of the Apollo prom set for May 7.

Apollo's prom is from 8-11 p.m. The theme is 'Lumieres de Paris' or 'The Lights of Paris'.

Decorations for the prom include Eiffel towers, centerpieces created by Floral Design students, and a replica of the Arch de Triomphe.

Candidates for prom queen in addition to Huffman are Whitney Allen from Elida, Peyton Clark from Perry, Kim Davis from Bath, and Emily Fernandez from Elida.

Bluffton Post Office letter carriers will participate in the post office's annual spring food drive. The event is Saturday, May 14.

Postal patrons are invited to leave canned food items near their mailboxes for pick up.

Persons with questions may contact the Bluffton post office.

Terri Sutherland of Harrod is the Mennonite Memorial Home employee of the month.

Sutherland joined Mennonite Memorial Home in August of 2000 in the housekeeping department.

In 2005 she took a position in the activities department.

Her supervisor says that she goes over and above for the residents, on one occasion helping a couple to get all dressed up of a special event.

Her co-workers say she notices the little things and those things make a big difference in the lives of those she serves.

Bluffton business, Beyond Budgeting, LLC., will sponsor a Budget Boot Camp from 1 to 2 p.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, May 23, according to Beth A. Boehr.

This free workshop will cover:
o budgeting basics, how to spend less than you earn,

o checkbooks, managing and balencing,

o credit cards, using them wisely, and

o life insurance, benefits and options.

It's an ambitious schedule this week at the Bluffton Hospital construction site. Here's a list of projects on the schedule:

Site work scheduled weather permitting:
Fascia panel on emergency department canopy
Forming for sidewalk near boiler room
Forming of steps near new stair tower
Glass in new stair tower
Roofing of corridor to second floor and breezeway at back
Stucco at eyebrowFinish glass at second floor
Level sub graders at back drive area

Calling all girls ages 5-10 - you could be Bluffton's Little Miss Sesquicentennial! In conjunction with the Sesquicentennial festivities to be held this year, the Bluffton Public Library is hosting a Little Miss Sesquicentennial Pageant on Thursday, June 23.

Registration begins at 6 p.m. and the pageant will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. in the Richland Room of the library.

Girls ages 5-7 are eligible to become Little Miss Junior Sesquicentennial, while ages 8-10 will compete to become Little Miss Sesquicentennial.

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Bluffton University has announced its 2011 May Day court, which was elected by the student body and will be honored during the annual May Day celebration at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 7, on the Centennial Hall lawn. The rain location is Founders Hall.

The court includes King Kenny Miller and Queen Leah Roeschley, both seniors, along with senior escort Joel Wildermuth, senior attendant Mary Good and junior chairpersons Jenna Eshleman and Alex Woodring.

Bluffton Community's Sportmen's Club stocked the Buckeye with lots of trout, but on Sunday the fish just weren't biting.

Sunday's trout derby did have some winners, however, Danny Pierce of McComb was winner of the 50/50 drawing. He went back to Hancock County with $757.50 in his billfold. The Sportsmen's Club took an equal amount for its future stocking projects.