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Summer strings program starts June 10

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2014 - 1:38pm

Bluffton stringed instrument players will be in tune this summer as the summer strings program gets underway later this month, according to Rachael Lewis, teacher.

AN INSTRUMENT RENTAL FORM IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

The program begins on Tuesday, June 10, and continues on Tuesday, July 1, July 8 and July 15. (No strings on June 17 or 24.)

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Here's what's happening at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center this month

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2014 - 1:17pm

The June newsletter of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Association is now available for Icon viewers.

It is an attachment at the bottomo of this story.

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Have an extra "Buccaneer" in your house? Here's what to do with it

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 2, 2014 - 5:17pm

Opportunities like this don’t come along every day.

Here’s a chance for you to clean out your attic and do a good deed at the same time.

Beth Cogley, Bluffton High School teacher and Buccaneer yearbook advisor, notified The Icon that the yearbook collection at BHS has some missing volumes.

She invited The Icon to announce this in hopes that BHS yearbook holders who don’t know what to do with their old copies might find a donation to the school worthwhile.

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Here's May's weather summary

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 2, 2014 - 2:25pm

Here’s the May weather summary provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

The high temperature of the month was 88 degrees on May 27. The low was 38 on May 6. May’s average temperature was 62 degrees. The normal May temperature is 60.5 degrees. May’s rainfall was 2.66 inches. The normal May rainfall is 4.01 inches.

The attachment at the bottom of this story reveals the daily temperatures during the month.

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A carnival's coming to town - tonight at BFR

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 2, 2014 - 12:01pm

Start the summer by attending a carnival-style event hosted by BFR Sports & Fitness on Monday, June 2, from 6-8 p.m.

Activities for families with young children will include face painting, Minute-to-Win-It challenges, Twister, three-legged race, sack race, wheelbarrow race and two special triathalon events for youth. Parachute activities will be included at the end of event. Parents and children can “get active” together at this event. Tickets (50 cents each) will be required to participate in the races and contests.

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Mandy Kinn opens Spectrum Salon June 10

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on May 29, 2014 - 9:04am

In the 15-plus years since completing cosmetology school, Mandi Kinn has dreamed of opening a multi-service salon in Bluffton. After months of hard work renovating a turn-of-the-century Main Street house into a modern salon, Kinn will open Spectrum Salon on Tuesday, June 10, at 422 N. Main St., Bluffton. She plans a grand opening from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 21.

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

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