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No plate is an island

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2011 - 3:37pm

Here's an island you don't see often in these parts. The Icon spotted this Rhode Island plate in the BHS parking lot.

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Regional news
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Traffic stopper

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2011 - 9:33pm
Traffic stopper

They're tearing up the street on Lawn Avenue this week. The work is part of a replacement drainage system connecting Lawn and Vine to Main Street.

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Several congregations observe Ash Wednesday with special services

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2011 - 5:12pm

The season of Lent is upon us. Several Bluffton churches launch the season with an Ash Wednesday service (March 9). That service usually includes distribution of ashes.

A complete list of mid-week and other special Lenten services will be published next week. Here is a listing of Ash Wednesday services in The Icon viewership area:

o Bluffton Presbyterian Church - 7 p.m.

o First Mennonite - 8 p.m., in fellowship hall

o English Lutheran - 6 p.m.
Fellowship soup supper prior to service

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Worship
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Certified

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2011 - 4:35pm

Jen is a certified public accountant. That much we can guess. The Icon spotted this plate in the village parking lot on the east side of Main.

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Regional news
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Latest flood damage in monetary figures: $179,400

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2011 - 4:30pm
Dumpsters on Cherry Street show the results of flooding

Bluffton's Feb. 28 flood damages are estimated at $179,400, according to Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief. It is likely that the figure will climb.

Skilliter released additional figures for the response to the flooding:
o Village General Fund Expenditures (payroll, supplies, dumpsters) - $3,707.96
o Total sandbags generated - 2,354
o Volunteers (making sandbags, feeding assistance) - 182 (average 2 hours of work per person) = 364 hrs

Donations and contributions

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Local group interested in making a community park out of the cemetery on Jefferson Street

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2011 - 4:23pm
The original village cemetery on Jefferson Street

A group of historical-minded Bluffton residents is contacting family members who may have ancestors buried in an old Bluffton cemetery.

"We want to contact all possible heirs and share with them what our hopes and desires are for what is known as the Shannon Cemetery on Bluffton's Jefferson Street," said Dick Boehr, who is spearheading the committee.

According to Boehr, the plan is to create a very nice park area, which could be maintained and would have an identification plaque, which would list as many people as can be verified, who were buried in the cemetery.

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