NYGAARD - There's only one family in Bluffton with that last name. You'll find this plate on a silver-grey Honda Odyssey parked on Anna Circle. It belongs to Christian and Jamie Nygaard.
Gallery 323 is open in December. It features works in an assortment of media by at least a dozen Bluffton area artists.
The gallery, at 323 N. Main St., was launched as a storefront where local artisans could sell their art.
The late Gregg Luginbuhl opened the studio. The Luginbuhl family decided to reopen the gallery for the month of December.
Karen Luginbihl said, “Gregg's wish was to keep the gallery running, and while we don't yet know the long-term plan, we want to give the artists involved a chance to sell their work for the holidays.”
While the normal average November temperature here is 41.5 degrees, this year’s average was 46 degrees. Only seven days had temperatures reaching below freezing.
These figures are from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. Verhoff also noted that November’s normal precipitation is 1.10 inches; this month’s was 3.16 inches.
There was no recorded snowfall this November. In November, 2015, Bluffton area had already experienced one-half inch of snowfall (Nov. 22, 2015).
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?
I still have a few large families and multiple individuals to adopt out.
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.
