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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:

Company-wide collaboration  

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.

ABOUT THE GROB ENTRY
By Mark Reed

This year’s scarecrow was a result of multiple departments in the company being involved, as well as the apprentices.

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.

Poor Clare at Ramseyer Auditorium, Nov. 12-15

MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University will present Poor Clare, a play by Chiara Atik, Nov. 12-15 in Ramseyer Auditorium, College Hall.

Bluffton High School has announced the following Honor Roll for the first quarter of 2026-27 for grades 9-12.

9th Grade – All A

Wyatt Amstutz, Barrett Benroth, Adrian Birnesser, Jillian Blackburn, Clara Brauen, Thayne Bricker, Landon Byers, Emma Clevidence, Wyatt Conley, Aliza Davis, Easton Dunifon, Caleb Fifer, Warren Gaertner, Breydan Glick, Alenah Gordon-Hancock, Amelia Hoehn, Kinzi Koogler, Peyton Lieurance, Jonathan McKanna, Aspen Norris, Eva Nygaard, Elinor Norie Parrish, Addison Rieman, Ethan Roby, Addilyn Shoemaker, Claire Snyder, Abram Steiner, Emery Thiel, Leo Weyer

MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, November 13, 2026. The meeting will be held at 7:00 a.m. on the third floor of the Town Hall.

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