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The Garden Study Club announces its 2012-13 program schedule for Icon viewers.
o Wednesday, Sept. 26 (topic: seed saving)
o Wednesday, Oct. 24 (topic: flower & wreath arrangements)
o Wednesday, March 27 (topic: propogation)
o Wednesday, April 24 (topic: square foot gardening)
All programs are from 7:30-9 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room of Maple Crest Senior Living Villages, just off Augsburger Road.

Area Master Gardener Kay Studer will give a free talk on fall bulb planting in September.
Her talk is part of the Gardener's of the Bluffton Pandora Area meeting held from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11, in the lower level of the Bluffton Public Library.
The meeting is free and open to the public.

We know this much - the driver is a Hello Kitty lover. The Ada Icon spotted this plate in the Ada Technologies Inc. associate's parking lot.

Here's the seven-day report for August from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Date High Low Rain
Aug 21 78 58
Aug 22 80 53
Aug 23 84 56
Aug 24 87 60
Aug 25 90 64
Aug 26 89 66
Aug 27 82 66 0.96

The fall BFR Sports and Fitness schedule of youth classes will begin the week of Sept. 10, according to Carole Enneking, director.
Children in kindergarten through grade 3 are welcome in the basketball
class (Thursdays 3:30-4:30 pm), Football basics (Tuesday 3:30-4:30 pm), Outdoor Games (Mondays 3:30-4:30 pm), and Tennis beginner class (Tuesday 3:15-4:15 pm).
Rookie Sports Fun (for youth ages 4, 5 or 6) begins Monday from 4:30-5 pm, and Tiny Tots (for youth ages 15 months to 4 years) is offered on Wednesday or Friday mornings at 10 am.

Fall programming is beginning the week of Sept. 3 at BFR Sports and Fitness, according to Carole Enneking, BFR director.
Adult Fitness Classes will return to the fall schedule with morning, evening and weekend options. Sue Sheehan returns to teaching, after a summer off, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings (8:30-9:30 am). Sue offers All Star Workouts on Monday and Wednesdays and YogaFit on Fridays.

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