A massive two-day youth soccer tournament will bring upward to 1,000 persons to Bluffton this weekend.
It’s the Bluffton Soccer American Cup event held Saturday and Sunday on the Bluffton University soccer fields. The Bluffton Soccer Club sponsors this annual two-day tournament.
According to Ron Koontz and Dan Lee, tournament directors, the weekend event includes 30 teams from Bluffton and surrounding communities. Competing teams are recreational U-12 and U-15.
A bowling tournament at Southgate Lanes from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, June 14, is a fundraiser for playground equipment at Bluffton Child Development Center.
The previous playground equipment was removed last year, after 26 years of use and repairs. The center currently does not have a proper outdoor playground.
The cost is $20 per person to bowl, but there are 60 pre-paid entries available. All bowling levels are welcome.
This event will feature raffles, prizes and live music by South of Six.
Bluffton council announced several committee meetings and other meetings at Monday's council session. Those meetings follow:
Jefferson St Improvements Phase II Public Meeting – Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. Safety Services & Streets Committees – Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. Ordinance Committee – Tuesday, May 28 at 6 p.m. Cemetery Committee – Tuesday, May 28 at 6 p.m. Council Meeting – Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m.
The Village of Bluffton reminds residents of the 7-inch grass rule, which is a village ordinance.
The ordinance passed in 2013 (it's attached at the bottom of this story), states that grass, weeds or brush shall be cut, mowed and maintained not to exceed 7 inches.
This ordinance covers residential, undeveloped residential, business and industrial and agriculture areas (ag areas are not to exceed 15 inches).
The ordinance states that the village may fine property owners $100 per occurrence.
