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Here's an elementary, middle school, high school update

School is out for the summer, but several school programs are in session. Here's an update on school summer activities from the school website:

Superintendent's office
Open all summer - Mondays to Fridays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bluffton High School
June office hours – Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Closed July - Reopens in August

The buzz-in system will not be used during summer months. The high school doors are open at College Avenue and Jackson Street, unless cleaning is taking place.

Sand Wand demonstration works like a sweeper on a carpet

Imagine cleaning the Riley with a sweeper that worked under water.

The fork of the Rileys – where the Little Riley meets the Big Riley - was the location of a Sand Wand demonstration earlier this month. The demonstration worked like a sweeper.

The wand enables the clean up of sediment in streams. The village and Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) conducted the demonstration.

Photos below show the wand in action.

Summer strings is underway this month, according to Rachael Lewis, Bluffton schools string teacher.

Several classes have already taken place. The remaining summer classes are on Wednesdays June 21, June 28 and July 5.

The program taken place in the elementary strings room and students are welcome to come to as many classes are fit their summer schedule.

Wheels Festival continues to bring classic cars and more downtown on Friday

Fifty years ago Dick Boehr, Gene Benroth and some other downtown merchants had a crazy idea: Let's have an old car. It might bring people to Bluffton.

Fifty years later it continues to take place and continues to bring people to Bluffton.

And, not surprisingly, 50 years later, the cars that are classic today were new in 1967. Who would have thought!

You can except nearly 200 vehicles that grew up on leaded gas to return to Bluffton on Friday, for the 50th Bluffton Festival of Wheels cruise-in, sponsored by the Bluffton Lions.

Thursdays night and Friday night - details below

A project to replace the bridge deck on the Bentley Road bridge over I-75, Bluffton, will require two overnight closures of I-75 this week.

I-75 northbound under the Bentley Road overpass will close overnight Thursday, June 15, from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. for the removal of the bridge deck and parapet walls over northbound travel lanes.

Riley Creek Arbor recently hosted a toy and book drive for the Bluffton Community Preschool.

They collected and also contributed several toys and books for the children who attend Bluffton Community Preschool. 

Bluffton Community Preschool had this to say on its Facebook:

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