The Bluffton High School concert band will perform its spring concert at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 7, in the middle school cafetorium
According to Dave Sycks, director, the band will play a selection of marches, its contest literature, and some "poppish" type tunes, including a medley of West Side Story songs, Strike Up the Band, and the theme from the 1970s movie, The Wind and the Lion.
The Beaverdam High School Alumni Association will hold its annual get-together this weekend. A dinner is planned at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 1, at The Centre. The Beaverdam HS class of 1960 will be honored in its 50th reunion.
Charlie, a 12- or 13-year old pooch, gets all the attention he could ask for during a dog study break at Bluffton University on April 28. Giving Charlie some TLC are from left, Megan Yoder, Beth Kuntz, Heather Smith and Kah Skon.
Bluffton elementary students will have a special academic emphasis the week of May 17, called S.M.A.R.T. Week. (Social studies, Math, Arts and fitness, Reading and Technology and science.
Each day of the week will include a special activity. One of the days includes a reading marathon. On that day students may log on minutes for the Scholatic world record.
On Technology and Science Day students will present scientific experiments in their classrooms.
Al Basinger of Pandora is the featured performer at the 6 p.m., Monday, May 10, Bluffton Senior Citizens Center monthly banquet. The meal is catered by the Pandora United Methodist Church. Cost is $7
May is a business month at Maple Crest. Here are some of the activities planned:
May 3 - 7 p.m., Scrap Artist Quilters in the Patio Room, Betty Fiser will talk on "What judges look for in judging a quilt show."
May 4 - Noon, Primetimers at St. John Mennonite Church.
May 5 - 6:15 p.m., "One in a Number," Bluffton's women's choir, led by Wendy Chappell-Dick, performs.
May 7 - 2:30 p.m., May birthday party.
May 10 - 6 p.m., Senior Citizens Center dinner meeting, Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
Jerry Lewis, local McDonald's Restaurant owner, was recently honored by McDonald's Corp. with the Golden Arch Award at the 2010 McDonald's Worldwide Convention in Orlando, Florida.
The McDonald's Golden Arch Award is the most prestigious award given to McDonald's owners and honors the "best of the best" in the McDonald's owner/operator community.
Note: The Icon recently invited members of the Bluffton University Communication 105 class to submit material for publication. The following is the third of a four-part series of "opinion pieces" by Whitney Zumberger, a member of the class. We invite viewer comments on this series.
Xenotransplantation-Any procedure that involves the transplantation into a human recipient of either live cells, tissues, or organs from a nonhuman source.
It's always dangerous to speculate. Is this a Lehman, Leiber, Lemley, Luginbuhl, Lugibihl, Luginbill, Lutz or none of the above? Viewers are welcome to offer their two-bits.
