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It was a rainy morning last week when the Icon spotted NANA DEB in the Garau Street hospital parking.

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Bluffton Boy Scouts in the early 1960s posed for this photo. Standing from left, Larry Crow, Lee Cookson, Roger Benroth, Lynn Basinger, Steve Sutermeister and Dan Luginbuhl. Front from left, Tom Brauen, Bob Blank, Fred Rodabaugh.

Can anyone tell The Icon what tune they are ready to sing?

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Women can get tips on work-life balance and self care on Saturday, March 24, when Bluffton University's Women's Council hosts the third annual R&R for Women conference.

Bluffton alumnae, faculty and students will present sessions during the conference, titled "Balancing Your World, Caring for Yourself." Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall-site of the morning sessions-and Marbeck Center, where the afternoon sessions will be held.

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Evelyn Krehbiel

Evelyn L. Krehbiel, 86, of Bluffton died at 9:20 p.m. Feb. 22, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. She was born Sept. 17, 1925, in Danvers, Ill., to Harvey Ebersole and Alma Ruth Hostetler Nunemaker. On Aug. 30, 1947, she married Howard E. Krehbiel and he preceded her in death on March 30, 1999.

The daughter of a Mennonite minister, Evelyn attended school in Comins, Mich., and Tiskilwa, Ill., and graduated from high school in Donnellson, Iowa, in 1943.

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It's another certain sign of spring - the SHANNON Service Club's community garage sale and chicken barbecue take place at the end of this month.

Garage sale Feb. 24-25
The commuity garage sale is Friday, Saturday, Feb 24-25. It's the ninth annual sale. Hour are Friday, Feb. 24, from 4:30-8:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to noon.

The event is at The Centre, 601 N. Main Street. Parking is free and admission is just $1. Based upon previous events, the sale traditionally attracts from 30 to 35 vendors.

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Munching machine at work

The mulch machine is munching last year's twigs, branches and shrubs at the Spring Street recyling center. And it's not even March! For more photos and a video click here.

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