The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. (Sharing Hopes And Nourishing Needs Of Neighbors) Service Club of Bluffton invites Icon viewers decorate Main Street of Bluffton with American flags flying in the wind, according to Duane Bollenbacher of the club.
Do you remember Bluffton before a farmers' market existed?
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce started the farmers' market in 2003 when Wendy Chappell-dick was CEO.
The first committee included Chappell-Dick, Alan Comesky, Pete Fleming and Jon Sommer.
"Our first vendors were TR Steiner, Bread Kneads, The Kitchen Co-Op (Linda Suter, Becky Kreider and myself) and Heather Theis. It took us two years to recruit the seven vendors we needed to start the market," she said.
Looks like we experienced a “normal” April. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, April's average daily temperature was 50.9 while the normal average is 49.7.
April’s precipitation was 3.41 inches while the normal average is 3.48 inches. April’s high temperature reading was 78 on April 18. The low was 27 on April 4 and April 24.
For the entire month’s daily summary, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Seven area churches are again partnering in the community-wide vacation Bible school program. This year’s event will be hosted by Bluffton Presbyterian Church July 19-23 from 6-8 p.m. Children age 4 through fifth grade are welcome to attend, at no cost. Children need not be attenders of any of the seven churches.
A free seminar offered to anyone interested in learning more about ways to support one’s church, charity or other non-profit organization.
Generous Living: Tools for Giving, will take place from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 5, at the Bluffton town hall, third floor.
The presenters will be Vyron Schmidt, Charitable Services Advisor with Everence Financial of Goshen, Ind., and Scott Basinger, attorney from Bluffton and Pandora. Schmidt and Basinger will talk about a variety of planned giving opportunities that provide tax advantages to donors as well as maximize a donor’s gift.
