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This can only mean that there's a Hemi engine under the hood. The Icon spotted this plate in a Bluffton University parking lot on a dark blue Dodge Magnum RT.

Parade, Maple Grove ceremony, chicken barbecue

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Bluffton's Memorial Day observance is Monday, May 29. Here is information about the day from the Bluffton American Legion Post 382.
 
• Anyone wishing to be in the parade, be in line by 9:15 a.m.
• Time of the parade: 9:30 a.m.
• Parade line up: Bluffton town hall
• Ceremonies: Maple Grove Cemetery

• Memorial Day speaker: Tim Wilmetta, pastor of the Bluffton First United Methodist Church and chaplain for the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Allen Lima Youth Leadership Class of 2018

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The application deadline for next year’s Allen Lima Youth Leadership Class of 2018 is approaching, ALL Executive Director Heather Rutz said.

Students must apply online at AllenLimaLeadership.com by May 31 to be eligible for next year’s youth class.

Bluffton students in the class of 2017 were Sydney Hoff, Kayla Kindle, Rameen Omar and Aimee Ritter.

Bluffton students in the class of 2016 were Haley Baker, Jadyn Barhorst and Zane Myers.

Commencement is Saturday evening

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Eight valedictorians and one salutatorian graduate in the Bluffton High School class of 2107 on Saturday.

It is the 136th annual BHS commencement. It is held in the Bluffton High School gymnasium. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the ceremony starts at 7 p.m.

A copy of the commencement program with the entire list of graduates is attached.  The graduation list also indicates honor students and students graduating with diploma with honors

Quilt on view at Diller Flooring

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Bluffton Scrap Artist Quilters is holding a quilt raffle to benefit the proposed Heritage Center of the Swiss Historical Society. 

The quilt was pieced by Sandy Schmidt, a member of the club and machine-quilted by Ruth Grihalva of Forever In Stitches, also a member of the club. 

It measures 71-by 76-inches. It currently may be seen in the window of Diller Flooring, 119 N. Main St.

Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. They may be purchased at Diller Flooring,  or from any Bluffton Scrap Artist Quilters member.

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Bluffton police release the following notices concerning work on Bluffton streets on Thursday, May 25:

• Bluffton Paving will be milling Eastland Drive and Westland Drive.

• Bluffton Paving will be milling East Elm Street from Huber Street To County Line Road.

• Bluffton Paving will be milling Vine Street from Main Street to Jackson Streets.

Drivers are asked not to park in these areas.

 

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