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Mother Nature on the golf course

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 28, 2014 - 10:41pm

Several Icon viewers have sent us photos similiar to this one taken by Garry Crawford. In his message to us he states: "Mother nature rolled this on the golf course." Dawn King also sent photos. She calls these "snow rollers" and adds that they are more common in hilly areas, but the precise nature of the conditions required makes them a very rare phenomenon."

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Get ready for Bluffton's first-ever "cash mob" Wednesday from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 28, 2014 - 8:45pm

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce wants get you out of the house to do some shopping locally - on Wednesday.

Focusing on the hours of 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., perhaps the warmest part of the day, Bluffton holds its first-ever "cash mob." Although it's not a cash mob in the traditional big city sense, it will offers an interesting assortment of specials in several downtown businesses. It is the chamber's plan to offer one cash mob per month in 2014.

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Regional news
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A chat with two university students from a land where the snow doesn't fall

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 28, 2014 - 8:00pm

15 minutes with two African students attending Bluffton University
By Caitlin Nearhood
Bluffton Icon intern
Daniel Mushangwe and Appiah Adubofour, two sophomore international students attending Bluffton University, recently sat down and discussed how their Bluffton lives compared to their lives in Africa.

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People
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Human trafficking survivor shares her story at Bluffton University

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 28, 2014 - 7:22pm

Barbara Freeman is a victim of human trafficking, she told a Bluffton University audience Jan. 23. And, after decades of drug abuse and prostitution, she dedicated her life to rescuing others from sexual exploitation.

Freeman, 42, is drug and alcohol free today. She serves as a motivational speaker, hoping to inspire those affected by sex trafficking to seek help.

“It’s only one hit away, one drink away, to end up at the wrong place at the wrong time,” she said during a Bluffton chapel service.

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Bluffton University
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Look who's on the Bluffton elementary honor roll

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 28, 2014 - 7:16pm

Here's the Bluffton elementary honor roll for the second quarter of 2013-14. Open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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People
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Gary's Repair has snowblowers - and reminds customers it's now a Simplicity dealer

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 28, 2014 - 1:09pm

Gary Augsburger, owner of Gary’s Repair, 2667 Road P, Pandora, reminds customers that he had added a Simplicity dealership to his sales and repair business.

Augsburger said that his business now carries all Simplicity products and services these products.

Simplicity offers a line of zero-turn riding mowers, garden tractors, walk-behind snow blowers, pressure washers, generators and other products.

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Business
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