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Maple Crest residents take a trip to Gallery 323

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 14, 2015 - 8:01pm

Maple Crest residents caught a glimpse of an artist at work recently during a tour of Gallery 323, an art gallery and shop operated by Gregg Luginbuhl on Main Street, Bluffton.

During the visit, they discovered artistic items - created for the most part by Luginbuhl - from white porcelain clay. Additional  pieces, including paintings and jewelry, are for sale by other artists in Bluffton.

Gregg's artistic talent came down through the genes, in a sense, as his father, Darvin Luginbuhl, was a former art professor at Bluffton University.

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Sara Chappell-Dick…from the heart of Guatemala to Spain’s countryside - on the exciting possibilities of taking a gap year

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 12, 2015 - 8:49pm

By Sophia Marcum

Hours after receiving her diploma at Bluffton High School with the class of 2014, Sara Chappell-Dick boarded a plane and headed to Guatemala. Since then she has filled her gap year with a number of adventures. She shares highlights from her year with us and gives insights on where she’ll be heading next.

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Lima Rotary Club receives donation for Abilities Ball Field

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 9, 2015 - 5:14pm

Andy and Elaine Maravola presented a $1,000 check to the Abilities Ball Field at the July 6 Lima Rotary Club meeting.

The Maravolas coordinated the Charity Car Show at Westgate Entertainment Center on June 28 and the donation is a portion of the $6,500 raised for charity by the show. Nearly 400 cars were entered.

"This is helping us reach our goal to make the dream a reality. We appreciate that they have chosen the Abilities Field as one of their charities to receive this donation," said fundraising coordinator Tracie Sanchez.

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Recent births at Bluffton Hospital: 12 boys, 2 girl

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 9, 2015 - 4:45pm

Bluffton Hospital reports the following births since June. There were 12 boys born and two girls born.

To view photos of these babies, click here.

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Bluffton Farmers' Market solves your craving for biscotti, jam or jelly

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 8, 2015 - 5:44pm

A new vendor to this year’s Bluffton Farmers’ Market is the Brown family from Lima. Customers know them best as Sweet Dream Gourmet.

Their specialty: homemade jams and biscotti.

According to Julie Brown, the business is six years old and it also has a vendor booth at several other area farmers markets.

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Did you ever hear the one about the 5,000 pound roller at the Bluffton Stone Quarry?

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 6, 2015 - 6:34pm

Here's a Bluffton story that we bet you've never heard. Tobi Meyer sent it to the Icon.

It involves a 1940 Ford dump truck and Richard Benroth, Charles Hammer and Charles Hankish.

Interested? Read on. Here's what Tobi shared with the Icon. Open the attachment to read the story.

"My mom has a small magazine that belonged to my dad, Charles Hammer, who died in March.

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