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Want to grow your own veggies, cutting flowers or herbs?

Contact Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area for a plot in the community garden
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 29, 2019 - 3:17pm

Ever wanted to grow your own veggies, cutting flowers, and fresh herbs in a full sun location? 

If so, come out to Bluffton’s Community Garden and rent a plot for the growing season. Grow all those delicious herbs like basil, cilantro and parsley along with vegetables like tomatoes, green beans, peppers and squash in your very own garden plot; all the ingredients needed for great summer feasts, or to preserve for winter eating. 

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Should you pack or buy?

May's school menu available
Posted by LizGH on April 29, 2019 - 6:00am

The Bluffton Elementary School lunch menu for May is now available on the Icon. 

See below or click here to view a printable version. 

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Overview of two school renewal levies on May 7 ballot

One covers operations; another covers permanent improvements
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 28, 2019 - 10:18pm

By Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent
On May 7, The Bluffton Exempted Village School District will ask for your continued support of two renewal issues on the ballot.  One renewal of 4.244 mills for operating expenses was first passed in 1999; the other renewal, a 0.5% income tax for permanent improvements, was first passed in 2007.

The renewal levy on the May 7, 2019, ballot for 4.244 mills for 5 years was renewed in May 2014 at 4.9 mills.

Below is a quick overview of the renewal levy and its purpose:

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How to get to the other side of town

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 26, 2019 - 11:28am

At 10 a.m., April 26, Jamie Nygaard, the Icon's roving photographer shares this map titled "How do Blufftonites get to the other side of town?"

Her directions: Phillips to Road R, turn on County Line Road to 313, turn left on 313 (also known as Main), turn right onto 235 and then turn right onto 103.

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11 a.m. Bluffton flood update

Here's where things sit at the moment
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 26, 2019 - 11:00am

THIS STORY IS CONTINUALLY BEING UPDATED -

While Bluffton slept on April 26, rain continued to fall. When we awoke our daily routine changed in several ways:

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Weather for April 16 to 22

Posted by Icon K on April 26, 2019 - 6:00am

Here's the weather report covering April 16 to 22.

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