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The Iconic Bakery begs you to submit your favorite recipe

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 10, 2013 - 5:23pm

Let's add "eating" to the list of death and taxes. Everyone pay taxes Everyone will eventually leave this earth...and everyone eats.

Back by popular demand, the Bluffton Icon launches "Iconic Bakery." In it we hope to provide recipes sent by Icon viewers.

Here's how it works:

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Size matters: It's the first thing that most people ask

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 20, 2013 - 1:18pm

By Andy Chappell-Dick
Small House Bluffton

Size matters.

How many square feet?  It’s at the top of a realtor’s house listing. Banks keep track. So does the county tax assessor and the municipal zoning board.  And by far, it’s the first thing that most people ask about the Small House Bluffton project at 207 North Lawn Avenue.         

960. Or perhaps 1,677. It’s an interesting question.

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Delano: Whidbee: Lil Wayne's new single certified platinum

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 23, 2013 - 4:24pm

Reviewed By: Delano Whidbee
Artist: Lil Wayne
Song: Love Me
Genre: Hip Hop
Rating 5/5
 
According to the complex, Future has confirmed via twitter that Lil Wayne’s new single “Love Me” has certified platinum, having sold more than a million individual units to date.

Lil Wayne added Drake and Future to this platinum single which feature on his new album “I Am Not A Human Being 2.”

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Harlem Shake: New sensation that swept the nation - watch it here

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2013 - 2:45pm

The Icon introduces a new music review column. After talking with Bluffton University student Delano D. Whidbee following a journalism class, we knew we found the right guy for the assignment. The sophomore from Flint, Mich., is a broadcasting and journalism major.

He tells us: "Music has always been around my life. The different creative styles interested me from a young age." 

This is more than a serious hobby for Delano. He said, "I check daily to see what new music or exclusive interviews, or music visuals have been released."

 

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Guest columnist - Thoughts on Civic Engagement Day: Unintended Consequences

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2013 - 11:15am

By Alyssa Flick

Once a year Bluffton University schedules a day of seminars led by college professors with a lot of interesting insight to the subjects they teach. The event is called Civic Engagement Day. This year the day took place on April 10.

One of these seminars was hosted by Dr. Darryl Nester a professor of math. He obtained his doctorate in statistics and has also taught many classes training college students how to be more technologically savvy.

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Guest columnist Alyssa Flick: Rock concerts can be exhilarating

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2013 - 4:58pm

By Alyssa Flick
The lights are bright. You and friends are surrounded by others with the same enthusiasm for rock music. When the music begins to pulsate in the room the entire consciousness of the crowd becomes homogeneous through this single interest and common understanding in the music.

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