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Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2011 - 2:31pm

The Icon spotted this plate on Main Street. Any ideas?

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Bluffton Relay for Life 2012 goal set at $30,000

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 29, 2011 - 10:26pm

The Bluffton Relay for Life newsletter is now available for Icon viewers. The 2012 relay is June 22-23 at Bluffton University's Saltzman's Stadium.

According to relay planners, the Bluffton cross country team and track teams are the first team for next year's relay.

The 2012 event goal is $30,000.

According to Adam Blevins of the American Cancer Society, "As we sprint into another Relay season, we're looking for ideas and suggestions for our 2011 Relay theme. If you have one and would like to share - please let us know."

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Lions Club sells out of 525 barbecue chicken dinners, other food vendors report high sales during Blaze

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 29, 2011 - 5:56pm
Lions Club members serving barbecue chicken dinners

By all accounts this year's Blaze was a "sell out" for local food vendors. Temperatures hovering in the high 50s-low 60s not only brought out the crowds but attracted a higher number of parade entrants than in previous years.

Tied to the larger crowd, food vendors were happily suprised that they were running out of food. Jeanne Ream, selling hot dogs on Vine Street closed up shop after selling her last 'dog shortly after the parade ended.

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Benefit spaghetti dinner for Butch Sanders Dec. 17

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 29, 2011 - 5:18pm

A benefit spaghetti dinner for Butch Sanders and his wife, Debb, will take place from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17, at The Bluffton Sportsmen's Club depot on Spring Street.

Butch has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer from prolonged acid reflux. Butch and Debb are parents of Dee Helms, Chad Sanders, Nikki Dunifon, and Thad and Ryan Wingfield.

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The Black Lab wins downtown holiday decorating contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 27, 2011 - 11:40am

First place - The Black Lab
Second place - Citizens National Bank
Third place - Groves Collectibles and Antiques

Those are the winners of this year's Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce downtown holiday window decorating contest.

Casting ballots this year were all 43 downtown busineses that were part of the new garland lighting project. Each business had one ballot.

The Black Lab receives a traveling trophey that it will keep until next year's contest, according to Lauren Beasley, chairperson of the lighting contest.

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Events start at 4 p.m. downtown; 5 p.m. parade; 7 p.m. lights go on

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 25, 2011 - 6:09pm
4 p.m. Ice Creations exhibition

By Fred Steiner

It all starts at 4 p.m. on Saturday in downtown Bluffton.

It's the 25th annual Bluffton Blaze of Lights. This year's Blaze continues a tradition launched in 1986 when the Harry and Dorothy Ream outdoor Christmas folk art display moved from rural Jenera to Bluffton.

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