The lights are on! Bluffton Child Development Center celebrated lights on yesterday. The national recognition event stresses the importance of centers like BCDC that serve youth after school. Fred Rodabaugh, Bluffton mayor, read a brief proclamation and then students at the Center released yellow balloons as a send off.
Carrick Lancaster delivers a white bag to a house for Scouting For Food. The Bluffton Scouts will be collecting donated non-perishable food items (canned) for the Bluffton Food Pantry on Sunday, Oct. 25 afternoon.
Has to be a zip code. That means it's probably a postmaster's plate. We spotted this plate in 45817 land, but our hunch is that this one belongs somewhere in Hancock County.
Crystal Wilkinson, author of the short story collections Blackberries, Blackberries and Water Street, will give a public reading at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in Bluffton University's Musselman Library.
Wilkinson, a faculty member in the Master of Fine Arts writing program at Spalding University in Louisville, Ky., is currently a visiting professor and writer in residence at Morehead (Ky.) State University.
Progress! The Spring Street bridge really does span the Riley. Last week at this time, the bridge deck did not exist. Workers continue to make progress on the bridge despite setbacks in mid-summer.
Tyler McLaughlin, son of Jim and Lisa McGlaughlin, Bluffton. Tyler is a member of the Bluffton Bucs football team and plays basketball and baseball. He attends St. Mary's Catholic Church.
