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Local businesses, community leaders, and individuals called on to make investment in youth

MEDIA RELEASE__This holiday season, Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Ohio, Inc.  (BBBSWCO) is inviting businesses, community leaders, and individuals to give a gift that can last a lifetime through its 2026 “BIG Futures Start Here” Year-End Giving Campaign. 

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MEDIA RELEASE__Generous community support brought in an impressive 659 pairs of socks during the community-wide Socktober drive sponsored by Bluffton Presbyterian Church.

At the November 8 worship service, the church held a “Blessing of the Socks,” with socks piled on the communion table and on the floor around it, and even dangling from the pulpit.

Local organizations, including Bluffton Community Assistance Corporation, will receive the socks to distribute to those in need. Thank you to everyone who donated socks or contributed financially!

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In her final hours, Jeanne Previte looked up at her four children, who were gathered bedside.

“Love each other,” she said softly.

It’s a message they will cherish. And one so many of us could use right now.

Jeanne, who died peacefully at her home in Ada, Ohio on November 7, spent nearly 81 years on this earth never truly appreciating how far her love spread.

It spread, quite often, through food.

Jeanne grew up in a Lebanese household in Detroit. That’s where she met her husband, Peter Previte Sr., who grew up in an Italian family in New Jersey.

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MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton Elementary School has released the following honor roll for the first quarter of the 2026-2027 school year for grades 4-5.

All A Honor Roll:

4th Grade :

 Easton Hammon, Elyze Hefner, Eden Pritchett, Emmerson Shoemaker, Wynn Walker 

5th Grade:

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The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the top three entries in the 2026 Scarecrow Decorating contest:

  • First place: GROB Systems
  • Second place: SumiRiko
  • Third place: Et Cetera Shop

Seventeen businesses participated in the competition. GROB garnered 35 out of the 104 votes.

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FROM FACEBOOK__1990 Bluffton High School valedictorian Mike Reichenbach is the Lieutenant Governor-elect for the State of South Carolina, following the November 3 General Election. He is the son of Edward and the late Shirley Reichenbach.

Reichenbach (R) was elected to the state senate in a March 2022 special election when Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. passed away.

He is also President and owner of Mike Reichenbach Ford, Lincoln, Chevy & VW in Florence, SC.

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