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Bluffton Community Preschool, for 3-5 year olds, opens on Sept. 9

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 8, 2015 - 6:49pm

Bluffton Community Preschool, housed in First United Methodist Church, 116 Church St., opens on Sept. 9 for the 2015-16 school year, according to Shelly Matijevich, director.

The preschool is for children ages 3, 4 and 5 and it prepares them for Kindergarten.

A preschool brochure, listing tuition fees and additional information is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

Class for Monday and Wednesday students begins on Sept. 9. Class for Tuesday and Thursday students begins on Sept. 10. The full schedule takes place the following week.

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Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop has new home - volunteers needed

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 8, 2015 - 5:15pm

The Bluffton Hospital Gift Shop, previously located inside the Garau Street entrance, has moved inside the new Emergency Department entrance of the hospital.

The Gift Shop offers gift items for every occasion, including baby gifts, as well as jewelry, greeting cards and Dietsch’s candy. All proceeds benefit Bluffton Hospital.

CHECK THE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY -

Bluffton Hospital is seeking volunteers to help staff the Gift Shop Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Positions are flexible and able to accommodate most schedules.

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At last - an average summer weather month

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 4, 2015 - 9:03am

Imagine this - a summer month with the normally expected amount of rainfall. 

That was August 2015. The normal August rainfall is 3.28 inches. This year's August rainfall totaled 2.88 inches.

The average temperature was 70.6 degrees; the normal average is 71.1.

The high temperature of the month  was 87 degrees on Aug. 2 and Aug. 31. The low was 52 degrees on Aug. 28.

The daily August weather summary is in the chart at the bottom of this story.

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Lions Way Trailhead Park dedicated Sept. 16 - includes picnic shelter and lots more

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 2, 2015 - 5:52pm

Lions Way Trailhead Park will be dedicated at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, according to Richard Ramseyer, chair of the Bluffton Pathway Board and president of the Bluffton Lions Foundation.

The event takes place at the trailhead picnic shelter near Comfort Inn on Commerce Lane and will include a ribbon cutting.

The Trailhead park project involves construction of a picnic shelter with concrete pad and wheel chair assessable ramp, picnic tables, identification signs, bike stand on concrete pad, drinking fountain, plantings and landscaping.

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Chamber roasts Gary Kirtland at Sept. 11 breakfast

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 1, 2015 - 5:45pm

Time to roast Gary.

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will honor Gary Kirtland, a Bluffton Main Street businessman for nearly a half-century, during the 7 a.m., Friday, Sept. 11, chamber breakfast, in the Bluffton town hall.

This is the first chamber meeting of the 2015-16 seasons. The breakfast program is a roast of Kirtland, who operated Kirtland’s Auto Sales on Main Street Bluffton until his retirement earlier this year.

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Bluffton McDonald's holds "Cyber Hiring Day" Sept. 9

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 1, 2015 - 12:07pm

Lewis Family McDonald’s is looking to hire at several of its restaurants on Wednesday, Sept. 9. While this is certainly not the first hiring day the group has held, this event is focused on leveraging the new local McDonald’s website, www.MyLocalMcDs.com.

“Cyber Hiring Day has been designed to hire the best customer service oriented individuals that the community has to offer. The new MyLocalMcDs.com makes it easy to learn about our benefits and to apply online,” said local owner/operator Jessica Hall.

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