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Greg Reichenbach tells Seniors about telemarketing scams on Aug. 13

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2012 - 3:46pm

Local attorney Greg Reichenbach will discuss telemarketing scams during the Monday, Aug. 13, Bluffton Senior Citizens monthly dinner meeting. The dinner is at 6 p.m. at the Senior Center.
Reservations are required by Thursday, Aug. 8. Mary Hofstetter and friends serve as hostesses. Tickets are $7.
Walt Early, who will be 90 in August, will receive a life time membership during the monthly program.
Several other events take place at the Center in August.

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Aug. 15-16 BHS students may pick up schedules; other back-to-school info listed

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2012 - 8:03pm

Bluffton High School students have several events on their pre-school August calendar. The Icon provides the following back-to-school information:

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Elementary back-to-school info: supply lists, class fees August calendar

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2012 - 7:37pm

Several events are scheduled in August for Bluffton elementary students, teachers, staff and parents. Here's the schedule:
Aug. 6-17 - Summer academy
Aug. 24 - Meet the teacher 2 to 3 p.m.
Aug. 27 - First day of school
Aug. 27-29 - KRAL testing by appointment for kindergarteners
Aug. 30 - First day for kindergarten
Sept. 3 - Labor Day - no school

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Everything (well, almost everything) you need to know if you are a Bluffton Middle School student or parent

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 2, 2012 - 4:44pm

Like the headline states: "Everything"...yes, everything, middle school parents and students need to know about the start of the 2012-13 school year is on The Icon.
Things get pretty serious by Aug. 15-16. That's when class fees and due and schedules are released.
The attachment at the bottom of this story provides:
1 - Class supply lists
2 - Class fee and class schedule pickup dates
3 - Lunch price details
4 - Emergency medical forms
5 - School portrait info

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Yeah, July was officially a "hot" one

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 1, 2012 - 4:37pm

Exactly how hot was July? We'll tell you.
According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer and weather reporter to The Icon, the average July temperature for the Bluffton-Pandora area is 72.8 degrees. This July the average daily temperature was 78.3 degrees.
The maximum temperature was 102 on July 6. The minimum was a cool 56 on July 21 - that's a 46 degree difference. The daily maximum temperature reading in July surpassed 90 13 days. It surpassed 100 on three days.

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Join the parade! Blaze of Lights parade invitations in the mail soon

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 1, 2012 - 9:56am

Who doesn't like a parade? The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce Blaze of Lights Committee invites Icon viewers, area businesseses, churches, service organizations, to consider entering this year's Blaze of Lights parade.
Over 200 parade invitations are going out this week to area organizations, according to Junior Weihrauch of Arlington, the Blaze parade chairperson. Last year's parade had nearly 85 entries. Weihrauch says that he hopes for a 100-unit parade this year.
This year's Blaze theme is "A Victorian Christmas."

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