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Krysti's Music Studio students present their annual performathon fundraiser for Bluffton-Pandora Campus Life/YFC later this month, according to Krysti Schey.
The event is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Bluffton Campus Life building, 111 W. College Ave., Bluffton. Persons attending may come and go as they like.

Who doesn't like a parade? The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce Blaze of Lights Committee invites Icon viewers, area businesseses, churches, service organizations, to consider entering this year's Blaze of Lights parade.
Over 200 parade invitations are going out this week to area organizations, according to Junior Weihrauch of Arlington, the Blaze parade chairperson. Last year's parade had nearly 85 entries. Weihrauch says that he hopes for a 100-unit parade this year.
This year's Blaze theme is "A Victorian Christmas."

Peter Suter of Shannon Theatre announced that "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" (PG) will be shown at the theatre from August 3-9.
Show times follow:
Each evening at 7 and 9:30 PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 and 4 PM.

Part III of NFL Preview: The AFC and NFC South divisions
AFC South
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
To read the previous preview click here.
Houston Texans, 10-6, won division, made playoffs, lost in divisional round

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My name is Ahmad Zabi Rahat, I am from Kabul, Afghanistan. I have a Bachelor's of Arts in economics with a minor in political science, from Bluffton University.
I have been accepted at Eastern Mennonite University Peace and Justice master's program. It is a two-year, full-time program focusing on different approaching towards conflict and peace building. I believe that this program is essential to my future plans of peace building in the Middle East.

Here's a quilt patch with a story. But, what quilt patch doesn't have a story? This patch is on display in College Hall at Bluffton University. It is in recognition of "Quilters," the 2001 May Day musical production at the university.

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