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Where we stand on global warming and the Paris climate agreement

Humphrey Bogart was wrong when, in Casablanca, he said: "We'll always have Paris." As of June 1, 2017, the world has turned. We won't have Paris.

We will, however, stand firm with the following opinions on Paris (and global warming).  The following is from NASA on climate change. CLICK HERE TO VIEW IT.

Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change is occurring, and rigorous scientific research demonstrates that the greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are the primary driver.

Including food demonstration from The Food Store plus nutrition info

Chase Eikenbary invites you to "Jazzercise Ladies Night Out" at 6 p.m., Friday, June 2, at the Sommer Center.

 "We will have a 6 p.m. Jazzercise class in our regular room and then we'll walk over to the university kitchen and meet Jeanna Haggard and Jonah Agner from The Food Store around 7 p.m.," said Eikenbary.

Agner will provide us some food demos and  Haggard will discuss some nutrition with the Jazzericse group.

Contact Eikenbary for more details at: [email protected]

The final honor roll of the year for Bluffton elementary fourth and fifth graders is available on the Icon.

The honor roll is an attachment below.

It's Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the swimming pool

Dear Business and Community Partners,

The Bluffton Police Department, in conjunction with the Pandora Police Department, is once again in the planning stages for holding our 4th annual National Night Out celebration. 

This year’s event will be held on Tuesday August 1st, 2017.  The Bluffton, Beaverdam, and Pandora Fire and EMS Departments will also be participating in this event.   The Bluffton, Pandora, and Beaverdam communities are all invited to attend. 

This quilt is truly part of the downtown Bluffton scene. The quilt reflection in the window of Diller Flooring take on the appearance of buildings across the street. It's a Bluffton Scrap Artist Quilters quilt. It will be raffled to benefit the proposed Heritage Center of the Swiss Historical Society. Click here for more details.

Pedestrian-bike path project to enricle community has generated approximately $476,278 in donations, grants and gifts-in-kind from all sources

Icon viewers: This a progress report of the Bluffton Pedestrian and Bike Pathway board. It is an abridged version of the offical report created in May by Fred Steiner, member of the committee.

This is the story of one community’s efforts to construct a bicycle and pedestrian pathway that encircles that community, thus improving the quality of life of its residents.

This on-going project to date has generated approximately  $476,278 in donations, grants and gifts-in-kind from all sources.

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