August 5: National Night Out is·6:00 – 9:00 p.m. followed by Fireworks - Bluffton Community Pool, 205 Snider Rd. Free admission, free activities, free food.
I attended Bluffton’s 2022 Memorial Day services at Maple Grove Cemetery as the Bluffton Icon, camera in hand. It’s hard to cover an event as a reporter and photographer, so I wasn’t taking notes or recording what transpired. And when the guest speaker began commentary that focused on religion and politics, I counted myself lucky that those are topics I consider off-limits for this website.
The new film Jurassic World Dominion doesn’t open at area theaters until June 10 but you can purchase film-themed products today at Bluffton’s Ten Thousand Villages, 115 S. Main.
Ten Thousand Villages is the exclusive retail launch partner for the Jurassic World x Accompany collection and Bluffton is one of 49 such stores in the United States. The mission-driven, fair trade collection includes homewares and accessories for adults and children, all handcrafted by artisan non-profits in India and Nepal.
The Icon can attest that the Bluffton EMS has been extra busy lately, with all of the public events that require a unit on standby. We’ve seen them in attendance frequently, including the Bluffton Trout Derby and Memorial Day Parade and program.
Here’s an accounting of the volunteer crew’s May 2022 calls for service:
