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12 a.m. Vance and Jefferson

Where do things stand at 2:30 p.m.?

Who would have predicted it? The Big and Little Riley offered a quick and devastating encore of its August 2007 flood only 3 1/2 years later.

The combination of a 6-inch-plus snowfall on Friday teamed with high temperatures over the weekend spell FLOOD in Bluffton.

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Story filed at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28.

As the Icon continues to provide information on the flooding in Bluffton we invite viewers with photo to e-mail them to [email protected].

The Icon has created a flood photo folder. Please identify the photographer and any people in your photos. Send them as jpgs 72 to 300 resolution.

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Four Bluffton University students boated across the Riley from Bren-Dell to Centennial Hall. In the black hat is Bracton Eicher from Berne, Ind. IN the blue sweatshirt is Aaron Yost from Arizona. The other two are not identified. Hanna Mattingly photo.

Click here to view flooding at Triplett Drive and College, 11:45 a.m.

Click here for flooding at the Buckeye, 11:30 a.m.

The following was posted at 10 a.m. , Monday, Feb. 28:

Click here for Little Riley flooding on Elm Street, 11:30 a.m.

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The March Bluffton Senior Citizens newsletter is now available on The Icon. To view it, open the pdf at the bottom of this story.

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Bluffton Hospital has received high scores in the latest Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) patient satisfaction survey.

The most recent HCAHPS survey results show that 87 percent of responding patients gave Bluffton Hospital an overall rating of '9' or '10' (on a scale where '0' was the lowest score and '10' was the highest).
This compares to 68 percent statewide and 67 percent nationally.

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Rikki Steingass of Bluffton Public Library has been awarded a 2011 Teen Tech Week Mini Grant from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).

The 10 grants awarded this year are funded by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust and give each winning library $450 cash and $50 worth of official Teen Tech Week products to support a reading program that incorporates technology to celebrate Teen Tech Week, March 6-12.

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