The Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary will be offering delicious double dipped, holiday-themed chocolate covered pretzel rods, called Blazing Rods, during the Bluffton Blaze of Lights on Saturday, Nov. 26.
Blazing Rods will be available at a suggested donation cost of three for $5, and can be purchased outside the Black Lab in downtown Bluffton.
All proceeds benefit the new Women’s Center of Bluffton Hospital.
A rash of thefts and burglaries in Bluffton since early June is changing some of our small-town lifestyle patterns.
Those changes have caused residents, who haven't done so in the past, to start locking house doors, car doors and outbuilding doors.
According to Bluffton Police Chief Ryan Burkholder, “The uptick in crime is disconcerting to residents and police,” indicating that a growing drug problem is a reality in Bluffton.
Burkholder says the Bluffton police are as proactive as the force can be as a result of the situation.
The Icon spotted this plate in the Sommer Center parting lot. You'll see it on a a right red Dodge pickup. With a little imagination, we think this plate belongs to Steve Yarnell, university volleyball coach.
Ryan Burkholder, a member of the Bluffton police department since 2004, was named chief in a unanimous vote following a council executive session on Monday. The motion did not include salary information.
The new chief replacess Rick Skilliter who retired earlier this fall. Burkholder, a sergeant in the department, was interim chief following Skilliter’s retirement.
Chief Burkholder is the first Bluffton native to serve a police chief in several decades. The most recent being William "Kaiser" Gaiffe, who served in the 1960s and 1970s.
