Playing Friday, April 12 through Thursday, April 18 are:
The Croods (PG), an animated comedy, will be showing every evening at 7 p.m. in additions to matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
For the late show, every evening at 9:30 p.m. will be:
Identity Theif (R), a comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy.
.Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn flavor of the month for April is Raspberry Truffle.
Following the open session of Bluffton council on Monday, the council entered executive session to discuss contracts and pending litigation.
Following the executive session, council returned to open session. There is accepted the bid for refuse and recycling submitted by Republic Services for a new three-year contract, commencing June 1, 2013.
"There will be more information forthcoming on the contract and any changes that residents may expect," Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, told The Icon.
Here's Bluffton College's float in the 1961 Bluffton centennial parade. We recognized Bill Steiner in the center. Perhaps Icon viewers can identify the other three persons on the float. (Leland Gerber photo).
Bluffton's annual spring clean-up is May 17 to May 27, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator. Dumpsters will be located at the Spring Street recyling center.
"The dumpsters will be delivered on Friday, May 17 and will be removed on Tuesday, May 28," he told The Icon.
The dumpsters will be switched out as necessary during that time period. As always, items that may not be disposed of in the dumpsters include hazardous materials (motor oil, paint, etc.), vehicle batteries, and tires.
Two days in a row without freezing temperatures. It must be April. Here's the weather summary for the first eight days of April from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
The 2013 Bluffton Community Swimming Pool season isn't here yet, but Bluffton council approved the pool employees on Monday.
In additional swimming pool discussion, Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, informed council that Bob Neff is finalizing the recommendations and alternates for the work to be performed on the pool slide. Once all of the specifications are finalized the village will seek estimates from qualified contractors to have the work completed.
