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Bluffton's most popular baby names of 2011 - can you guess them?

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 10, 2012 - 5:46pm

What shall we name the baby...in 2011? The Bluffton Hospital provided The Icon with the list of first names of babies born last year in Bluffton. Want to know the popular names?

Boys:
Mason (6)
Aiden (3), Auden (1)
Gage (2), Guage (1)

Girls:
Ella (3), Eva (1), Ellen (1)
Addison (2), Addyson (1), Adalyn (1)
Kira (2), Kali (1), Kayla (1), Kaylee (1), Kayleigh (1), Kali (1)

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Our deep interest in small towns

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 6, 2012 - 6:15pm

By Eric Davis, Icon blogger
I have a deep interest in small towns. My parents grew up in a small town, I grew up in a small town and we currently live in a small town.

To view Davis' blog click here.

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RSS feed helps Icon viewers interested in first dibs on classified ad listings

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2012 - 4:08pm

Would you like to be notified immediately everytime a new garage sale is posted on The Icon? Or for that matter, notified on all Icon classified ads?

Due to its growing popularity, The Bluffton Icon now offers an RSS feed for all classified ads. The feed is available at www.blufftonicon.com/classifieds/rss.xml.

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Tanked economy limits found currency

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 3, 2012 - 5:33pm

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

2011 wasn't a good year for found money, at least in comparison to the last four years. Guess the tanked economy made people more careful about picking up coins when they dropped them on the street.

Ever since some friends admitted that they don't allow themselves to end their daily walk until they've found at least one penny, we've adhered to the same rule. Most of the time, it works out. Sometimes, we have to give up and come home empty-handed.

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One-half millionth click coming in 2012!

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 2, 2012 - 5:02pm

Sometime in 2012 an Icon viewer will "click" on The Icon - and it will register as click number one-half million.

That's correct. In 2011 The Bluffton Icon continued to rack up an impressive growth of total views and individual viewers, according to its owners Fred and Mary P. Steiner. During 2012 the Icon's total views will reach one-half million.

As of Dec. 31, The Icon has had 443,197 total views since it was launched in September 2009.

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Go ahead...outsource your resolutions...just don't expect me to

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 1, 2012 - 8:37am

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner
A friend recently challenged everyone to admit what percentage of their 2011 resolutions they'd managed to meet. Problem was, I couldn't even remember what I might have resolved, so I had to backtrack through my blogs until I found my answer. I didn't make any. Well, technically, I didn't make any although there was a short list of resolutions I'd have made if I were a resolution maker. Oddly, I actually fulfilled a few of those non-resolutions.

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