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Signing with Joy: ASL Family Storytime is a new program at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St.

The program will be held at 6:00 p.m. on the third Monday of the month September-December.

This family storytime event is an opportunity to learn and experience American Sign Language through stories, games and interactive play. The event is open to everyone; no registration is required.

Members of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, will observe the annual Shipwreck Remembrance on Sunday, September 21. The services, at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m., will give praise to the Lord for saving the lives of passengers on the “Famous Dove” when it was shipwrecked off the east coast of the United States on September 17, 1831.

Happy Monday, Blufftonites! Here are BlufftonIcon.com's top stories from the week that was, September 8-14. For a chronological look Icon content, visit blufftonicon.com/archive.

September 8

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September 9

The Bluffton Public Library will host the following events and activities during the week of September 15-20. For further details and dates, visit www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org/library-events.

Monday, September 15

"Open Hours" - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Hummin’ & Strummin’ Song Circle - 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Signing with Joy - ASL Storytime! - 6 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, September 16

Open Chess - 5:30 to 8 p.m.

SEPT 12 MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton students, faculty and staff gathered for a recent forum led by Bethny Ricks ‘06, Bluffton University Trustee, executive consultant and author of Face Forward, who spoke on the topic of decisive decision making, a skill she describes as essential both personally and professionally.

“This topic is really important to me,” she began. “So important that when people ask me one of the skills that I focus on with my children, I say, well the litmus test for whether or not I am a good parent is whether or not they become decisive decision makers.”

This colorful September 2025 flowerbed at Bluffton University's Houshower House is abuzz with moths, bees and other flying friends, who are sipping at a lush supply of nectar.

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