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As the owner of a life insurance policy, you can generally borrow the policy's cash surrender value and use the proceeds for any purpose. Before you take a policy loan, be sure you understand the implications of the loan on the policy itself as well as any tax implications, now and in the future.

With August right around the corner, it may be time to start thinking about the 2011-12 school year. Many activities take place in August. For an August school calendar click here.

The Bluffton High School marching band schedule is here.

St. John's United Church of Christ will hold an ice cream social from 4 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 7, at the church. The event is hosted by the Evangelism Committee.

The menu includes homemade ice cream, homemade fruit pies, Sara's hot meat sandwiches, hotdogs and potato chips. The event is open to the public.

The Bluffton Icon welcomes four new advertisers in July. They are:

Freed Center for the Performing Arts (links to website)

Richland Manor (links to website)

Village Cut N Curl (links to Facebook)

Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (links to website)

Single-event tickets go on sale Monday, Aug. 1, for the 2011-12 Bluffton University Artist Series, featuring The Four Freshmen and The Ohio State University Flute Troupe, as well as the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, the Pridonoff Piano Duo and juggler-comedian Mark Nizer.

This Icon spotted this plate, obviously on a Cobra, at the Bluffton Wheels 'Fest.

Don't do this at home

Actually you can't do this at home, unless you have a diving board. Here's some diving antics at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool. For a video click here.

Icon viewers:

God smiled on our 2011 Bluffton Sesquicentennial. For nine days we had good weather and four years of work proved to be a very successful event.

Thank you to each and everyone who assisted our Sesquicentennial Committee.

Do you think in 150 years our successors will honor us as we have our ancestors? Hopefully we will prove worthy.

Beverly Amstutz
Director, Sesquicentennial Committee

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

Yesterday morning I asked my husband if he thought the dog's bug bites/rash were making him feeling crummy or if it was just the heat. His response?

"Well, it IS the dog days of summer." Groan.

For more columns by MPS click here.

In the mood for a mystery? Then Monday's Bluffton Public Library movie with a novel destination is just for you. Monday's 2 p.m. movie title has not been announced by the library staff. The only thing known is that it's a "Mystery destination." The movie is free and open to the public.

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