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The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce's website (www.explorebluffton.com) is now accessible from The Bluffton Icon homepage.

Icon viewers interested in visiting the website will find it at the bottom of the Icon home page. Simply click on the chamber's green and white logo and you will be redirected to the chamber site.

The chamber has 163 members. All members are listed on the site and their websites are linked to the site.

Here's the seven-day report for March from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date High Low Rain
Mar. 6 60 28
Mar. 7 68 49
Mar. 8 61 30 0.26
Mar. 9 42 26
Mar. 10 49 21
Mar. 11 67 39
Mar. 12 64 51 0.23

You've seen this bumpersticker in Bluffton. Here's what it means:

The designer, Piotr Mlodozeniec's basic coexistence design is uncomplicated and easy to understand. The design uses three symbols that stand for Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Mlodozeniec modified the word "coexist" in the following ways:

In an effort to help relieve some of the hardship and financial difficulty of the depressed economy in the Pandora-Gilboa area, the churches of Pandora and the Gilboa United Methodist Church are offering food boxes on the last Saturday of each month for households in the Pandora-Gilboa school district who find themselves in need.

The boxes are designed to provide nine meals (three breakfasts, three lunches and three dinners) for a family of four.

BFR will sponsor a volleyball developmental skills league for girls ingrades 4, 5 and 6 this spring, according to Carole Enneking.

Players for any area school may register individually and will be placed on mixed-age teams for this league. Teams will practice one night per week and matches will be held on Saturdays . One match per team will be scheduled on Saturday, April 21 through May 19.

Area families are welcome to spend an evening of play at BFR on Friday,
March 16, according to Carole Enneking.

The gymnasium will be open for informal recreation from 7-9 p.m.
Half of the gym will be open for basketball, while the other half will be
an obstacle course for smaller children.

In addition, an informal tennis tournament will be held for youth ages 6-10 years of age. Tennis will be played on a small-sized court using the low bounce balls.

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