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The American flags are again blowing in the wind on Main Street, Bluffton.

The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. (Sharing Hopes And Nourishing Needs Of Neighbors) Service Club of Bluffton invites persons to sponsor a flag.

The final Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast of the 2012-13 season is Friday, June 14. Bluffton resident Cameron Warner, deputy district director for Congressman Jim Jordan (4th district), is the speaker.

A free breakfast will be served from 7 to 7:30 a.m. The meeting starts at 7:30 a.m. and is held in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.

Following breakfast at 8:45 a.m. will be a workshop presented by Beth Boehr using “The Essential Guidebook for Entrepreneurs.” The workshop is co-sponsored by the Bluffton chamber and Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs.

Motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts – beware.  The 2013 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization runs from May 20 to June 2 to help save lives by cracking down on those who don’t buckle up. 

Bluffton Police Department is joining with other state and local law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates across the country to help save more lives by strongly enforcing seat belt laws around the clock.

Will someone please turn up the thermostat! These high and low temperatures feel more like April than May. Here's the past seven day weather summary from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

                   High    Low   Prec

May 7          74       52
May 8          78       54      0.01
May 9          81       53      0.07
May 10        70       53      0.33
May 11        57       38      0.04
May 12        56       36
May 13        58       34

The Bluffton Community Swimming Pool will open - weather permitting - on Saturday, May 25. Because that is the date of Bluffton High School's graduation, pool hours will be 1 to 4 p.m. Admission will be free on the 25th only.

The pool will be open Sunday, May 26, and Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day) and then will close until Friday, May 31, when it will officially be open for the rest of the season.

(Thanks for an Icon viewer for the date clarification! An earlier version of this story had incorrect information.)

Have you ever taken a llama for a walk? It's an interesting experience. Joy Stemen shows how it is done. She took one of the Hard Rock Llama Farm llamas for a walk during Saturday's arts and crafts show.

A clip of the journey is below.

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