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Louis and Lee Ann Savage of Bluffton, announce the engagement of their daughter, Joy Savage, to James Harris. The wedding will be held at Old Town Chapel in Leander, Texas, on March 24, 2012.

Joy graduated from Bluffton High School in 2004 and Bowling Green State University in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Education. Joy is employed by Starbucks Coffee as a shift supervisor in Georgetown, Texas, and by Docent Research Group as an assistant in Austin, Texas.

Bluffton Hospital provided The Icon with information about births that took place in the hospital since late November:

To view photos of these babies click here.

Bluffton's newest business owner started out as a music major at Bluffton College. Rachel Webster, who will open Ideal Images, 114 E. College Ave., (formerly Morey's Coffee Shop) on Jan. 24, switched career choices and eventually found her calling in sales and marketing. The rest of the tune is history.

Ideal Images offers personalized apparel for sports teams and spirit wear, corporations, businesses, team uniforms as well as custom apparel. The selection is seemingly endless. It includes ball caps, tee shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, customized towels, blankets and even socks.

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

Date High Low Rain Snow

Jan. 3 24 14
Jan. 4 36 17
Jan. 5 45 24
Jan. 6 55 38
Jan. 7 47 32
Jan. 8 42 25
Jan. 9 42 27

Plenty of Canada geese and ducks make the Buckeye their winter home. Here's the cast of characters on a January afternoon.

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ZT means only one thing: Pandora. The Icon spotted this plate in Bluffton but it belongs to a time when each community had its own letters. ZT mean Pandora.

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