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Two new stamps coming to Bluffton post office

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 24, 2011 - 3:27am
Lunar new year stamp

Two new postage stamps are available in Bluffton this week.

On Jan. 22, the U.S. Postal Service issueed the fourth of 12 stamps in its Celebrating Lunar New Year series, which began in 2008 with the Year of the Rat. The Year of the Rabbit begins on Feb. 3, 2011, and ends on Jan. 22, 2012.

On Jan. 27 a stamp recognizing the 150th anniversary of Kansas statehood will be issued.

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Meet Jane and Earl

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 23, 2011 - 3:05pm

Jane and Earl from Putnam County went to the Shannon Theatre on Sunday. The Icon spotted their plate on Main Street.

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This is one silent auction you won't want to miss!; Over 100 times in Hospital Auxiliary event

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 22, 2011 - 6:05am

Over 100 items make up this year's Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary Auction. The silent auction hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 24-26, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, Jan. 27, from 8 a.m. to noon.

Items are on display in the second floor conference room at the hospital, according to Diane Stratton, auxiliary president.

Here's the auction list, provided by Stratton:

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Painter to give demonstration, talk Jan. 28

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2011 - 6:38pm

Bluffton University's Grace Albrecht Gallery will host two events Friday, Jan. 28, with painter Andre' Martinez Reed, whose exhibition of oil paintings, "Etudes in Liberation on Paper: Hands, Heart, Mind and Rhythm," is now on display in the gallery.

Reed, director of the Henry Gregg Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y., will present a painting demonstration and gallery talk from 8-9:50 a.m. that day.

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Relay for Life meeting Jan. 26

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2011 - 6:26pm

A Relay of Life team and committee meeting is planned this week. The meeting is at noon, Thursday, Jan. 26, in the Bluffton town hall.

There will be no at 5:30 p.m. that evening.

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Bluffton Lions Club Foundation crucial to success of pathway

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2011 - 4:17am

This is the second in a series of features on the Bluffton Pedestrian and Bike Pathway Steering Committee. For previous stories click here.

An ambitious goal: Encircle Bluffton with a pedestrian and bike pathway. The goal's achievements occur one step at a time, through the work of the Bluffton Pedestrian and Bike Pathway Steering Committee.

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