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It's a birthday party, a carnival, and a 5-K on Saturday downtown Bluffton

Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn Co., Bluffton celebrates Shirley's birthday on Saturday, June 16, with a day full of family-friendly events, according to Pete and Kim Suter.

Carnival games, a coloring contest, and buy-one-get-one specials highlight the event held downtown Bluffton, with 100 percent of sales being donated to Bluffton Public Library.

For first 200 swimmers at Bluffton pool

Riley Creek Arbor is sponsoring free pool admission for the first 200 people at the Bluffton Community Pool from noon – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 16.

Riley Creek Arbor of Gleaner Life Insurance Society regularly supports the local community through monetary and volunteer efforts.  The Arbor consists of members from Bluffton, Lima, and surrounding communities.

Flag sponsorships assist the club's community service projects

The SHANNON Service Club invites  viewers to be a 2018 Main Street flag sponsor, according to Duane Bollenbacher of the club.

The purchase of flags, a $25 per flag, is open to businesses, organizations, or to individuals.

Bollenbacher said that sponsors may name someone that you wish to honor or memorialize with each flag sponorship.

All proceeds from the sponsorship of flags help the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club in its quest to make Bluffton a better community for its children, its elderly, its needy families, and all the citizens of Bluffton. 

You won't see a car built before 1990 - maybe even 1975 - on Main Street

Bluffton Main Street ghosts reappear on Friday, June 15.

Those shadowy figures grew up on leaded gasoline, have 8-V engines under their hoods and ride on white-wall tires. They arrive in a variety of bright colors and don’t have FM radios.

Some have strange names like: Plymouth, Studebaker, Mercury, Edsel, VW Bug, Woody, Oldsmobile, Desoto and Packard.

Over 200 of them return to Bluffton for the 51st Bluffton Festival of Wheels cruise-in, sponsored by the Bluffton Lions.

The Pandora-Bluffton area experienced nearly 2.5 inches of rain from Friday to Monday, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. The heaviest day of rain was Saturday with 1.47 inches was reported.

Taking a closer look at our community resources

Note: America in Bloom judges will visit Bluffton July 19-20. To help viewers understand the Bloom judging process, each week on the Icon the Bluffton in Bloom board will describe one of the "Bloom" categories. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Two judges from America in Bloom will visit Bluffton on July 19-20 to evaluate our town. They will judge Bluffton on several categories.

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