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Here are recent births reported from Bluffton Hospital:

July 19 – Faye Virginia Kirian, daughter of Seth and Jenny Kirian, Alvada

July 19 – Harper Grace Ross, daughter of Ryan and Taylor Ross, Pandora

July 20 – Alec Robert McCoy, son of Aric and Keri McCoy, Bluffton

July 23 – Evelyn Grace von Stein, daughter of Miles and Melissa von Stein, Jenera

July 25 – Owen Samuel Missler, son of Travis and Amanda Missler, Bluffton

Amy Warren has been named to the Dean's List at the Berklee College
of Music with a 4.0 GPA. Amy is a junior majoring in music business. She is
the daughter of James and Lesley Warren.

Miss Minerva Hilty taught many Icon viewers in Bluffton elementary school. Here's a photo of one of her last classes. Leland Gerber took the photo. There are several familiar faces in this photo.

If you can identify students, please send information to: [email protected]

This license plate belongs to a true golden retriever fan. It was spotted on a Chevy Traverse during a Boston Crusaders rehearsal at ONU stadium in June.

Those metallic green pests

Japanese beetles are active in our area.  These beetles are easily recognized by their relatively large size, about a half inch in length, and showy colors.  The fore wings, also called hard-wing coverings, are bronze to coppery-brown in color.  The head and the middle part of the body are a metallic green. 

Japanese beetles are voracious leaf feeders.  They have been known to feed on 350 plant species.  Their favorite plants include rose, hollyhock, hibiscus, linden, maple, viburnum, grape, raspberry, apple, and cherry.

Here's all the caption entries to our recent contest

Here's the scene: The Icon walks up to a coffee shop and find a Bluffton police office lecturing nearly a dozen guys who appear to be sitting through a school detention.

The Icon posts the photo and asked viewers to write a caption for the photo (it's attached to this story). We received several dozen entries. The competition was brutal. Here's the winners:

First place - wins 4 Shannon Theatre passes
I’m going to have to write you guys a ticket for waving and smiling too much. You’re starting to creep out the out of towners.
- Shelly Halker

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