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SHANNON Service Club and Senior Center have big plans

It's a garage saler's paradise this weekend in Bluffton.

S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club and the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center launch the 2018 garage sale season and there's even a chicken barbecue tossed in.

Here are the details:

NEWS FLASH - As reported earlier this week, the Bluffton High School orchestra received an Excellent (II) rating at this past weekend's music contest. Rachael Lewis, director, informed the Icon today that a scoring error revealed that the orchestra actually rated "Superior" (I). For more information and identification of orchestra members click here.

Last year's chili cookoff winner; this year's second place

CHECK OUT TONY PINK'S
CHILI RECIPE BELOW -

Here's some more important details - and Tony Pink's secret recipe - from the Feb. 20 community chili cookoff held at the middle school.

Over $1,000 was raised for the Bluffton Community Assistance Program's food pantry.

Eleven chili entries, representing seven area churches, were tasted by over 120 participants. 

The winner of this year's People's Choice Award was Nancy Yeager, with second place winner (and last year's winner) Tony Pinks. 

Icon viewers:
We keep hearing about common sense gun control. What is common sense gun control? Is it banning five to ten million AR-15 type?

The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates there are roughly five to ten million AR-15 rifles owned in the United States, a small share of the roughly 300 million firearms owned by Americans. If banned, what would happen to these guns? Does anybody believe that people would turn them in or sell to the government?

Pre-sale tickets $7.50 at middle school

Tickets are on sale for the Friday, March 16, Bluffton Music Boosters ichicken barbecue and shrimp dinner.

Serving is in the Bluffton middle school cafetorium with musical performances in the middle school gymnasium beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Pre-sale tickets are $7.50 After March 11 tickets are $8 and are available in the middle school office until sold out.

The menu includes one-half chicken or seven pieces of shrimp, potato salad, applesauce, dinner roll and drink. Proceeds benefit the Bluffton Music Boosters.

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