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"Herbie Fully Loaded" free feature movie

Bluffton Elementary PTO will host a family movie night at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, in the middle school cafetorium.

The featured movie "Herbie Fully Loaded," will be shown.

Admission is free. Bring blankets, sleeping bags and camp chairs for your own comfy seating.

Concessions for purchase include popcorn, fruit snacks, suckers, water bottles, juice boxes and hot chocolate.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Doors open at 6 p.m.

There's no snow on the ground today, but there are lots of snow men, snow women and snow children in the Bluffton elementary school. Here are three that greet students and visitors in the elementary lobby. The next photo shows the entire lobby bulletin board.

Jerry Burkholder retires after a life-long relationship with the festival

The 2018 Bluffton Arts & Crafts Festival has an opening for a vendor manager, according to Paula Scott, chamber CEO.

This year's show is Saturday, May 12, in downtown Bluffton.

"The manager will coordinate setup and teardown on the day of the event, direct vendors to their booths, and serve as a chamber contact person.," said Scott. "The manager will also provide feedback for planning 2018 and future festivals."

Pirate sports fans will want to attend the Friday, Feb. 2, Bluffton High School boys’ basketball game.

During the halftime of the varsity game will be a special cheer performance night involving several Bluffton first through fifth graders, according to Brianna Atkins, cheerleading coach.

The presentation will develop from a Feb. 1 cheer clinic led by BHS cheerleaders and coaches. 

Covering Spring Street to Bentley Road

The Village of Bluffton is considering a $1.2 million West Elm Street improvement project this year. The price tag is based on a preliminary construction estimate provide by Choice One Engineering.

The project extends from Spring Street to Bentley Road.

Dean Walters ’18 will present “Identifying Novel Chemical Compounds to Inhibit the Development of Cancer” during an 11 a.m. Forum on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in the Reading Room of Musselman Library. 

Walters, a native of Avon, Ohio, is a senior biology and pre-medicine major who spent the summer of 2017 at the National Institutes of Health completing a paid internship researching cancer.

This event is free and open to the public.

 

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