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The Icon spotted this plate in the Bluffton Hospital parking lot. Any ideas as to its meaning?

Bluffton senior citizens will celebrate Valentine's Day with a carry-in potluck dinner next month. The dinner is at noon, Monday, Feb. 14, at the Senior Center.

The program is Kristie Groman Schey, who will play selections on the piano. To view a view of Schey performing with 5 Myles High, click here.

To download the February senior citizen newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Baby, it's "really" cold outside. Over the seven-day period from Jan. 18 to 24 the only day the thermometer crept above freezing was on the 18th. Otherwise, we've survivied a week of temperatures in the territory where we fear to tread.

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

Date Max. Min. Rain Snow

The Bluffton High School Junior Class is selling Bluffton Pirate t-shirts with an exciting new logo on them as a Post-Prom fundraiser.

The shirts come in red or black. Samples of the t-shirts are on display in the high school cafeteria.

Order forms can be picked up and orders placed in the high school office or at Sports Warehouse. The order deadline is March 1, 2011.

Lunar new year stamp

Two new postage stamps are available in Bluffton this week.

On Jan. 22, the U.S. Postal Service issueed the fourth of 12 stamps in its Celebrating Lunar New Year series, which began in 2008 with the Year of the Rat. The Year of the Rabbit begins on Feb. 3, 2011, and ends on Jan. 22, 2012.

On Jan. 27 a stamp recognizing the 150th anniversary of Kansas statehood will be issued.

Jane and Earl from Putnam County went to the Shannon Theatre on Sunday. The Icon spotted their plate on Main Street.

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