The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is handing out Christmas cheer and you might be a recipient. It's all about holiday decorations, says Paula Scott, interim chamber director.
Bluffton residents who want their holiday displays to be judged must send a request to [email protected] by noon on Wednesday, Dec 6.
The e-mail request must have the family name and address listed.
November’s temperatures were right on target, but precipitation was greater than normal, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
The monthly high reading was 69 degrees on Nov. 5. The low was 20 degrees on Nov. 10 and 11.
The daily weather summary is attached at the bottom of this story.
Here are some of November’s weather stats:
2017 average daily temperature: 41.3 degrees
November normal average temp: 41.5 degrees
2017 precipitation: 5.34 inches
November normal prec: 3.16 inches
The Bluffton Community Assistance Program is busy at this time of year. Here’s a chat the Icon had with Jami Crawfis, who directs the program's food pantry.
Jami, are there families in the service area of the food pantry that need assistance at Christmas?
In all, we have 64 families already adopted. We have three individuals and two families with older teenagers still to adopt.
The adopting families will provide fresh, frozen and/or canned food items (or even gift cards to a grocery store) for each family as well as gifts from their wish list.
A one-of-a-kind piece of Bluffton history and one of the community’s oldest known objects is for sale.
It’s both functional and a work of art. Based upon its history, the object comes up for sale only twice every century.
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Its provenance includes residents (from present to originally owner) Richard Boehr, Dick and Bob Millager, Charles Hankish, Sr., D.S. Flick and maybe even D.L. Goble.
The piece is a combination safe on four wheels. It weighs several hundred pounds.
