Regional news

The Pandora United Methodist Church will host a free community meal on Wednesday, May 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington St., Pandora. The meal this month is chicken sandwich, potato salad, chips, brownies, coffee and punch.

The Pandora United Methodist Church will hold a June rummage sale with proceeds going for missions.

The sale is Thursday, June 7, and Friday, June 8, from 8:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. and on Saturday June 9, from 8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. All proceeds will go toward mission projects for the year.

Bluffton's next American Red Cross blood drive is from noon to 6 p.m., Thursday, June 7, at St. Mary's Catholic Church.

All blood donors in will be entered into a region-wide monthly drawing for a $500 gasoline gift card.

Bluffton police are participating in a nationwide "Click It or Ticket" to boost seat belt use this month.

Motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts - beware. The 2012 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization kicks off May 21 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.

Here's the seven-day report for May from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date High Low Rain
May 8 72 55 0.07
May 9 69 49 0.02
May 10 66 42
May 11 73 43
May 12 76 56
May 13 76 53
May 14 77 50

Service of remembrance on May 16

Bluffton police never forget their own.

Two Bluffton police officers, who died in the late 1920s, were recognized in a special service of remembrance held by the police department part of of a National Police Week.

Rick Skilliter, police chief, presided over the service, which followed the Monday evening council meeting.

Honored were Officer Owen Grandstaff and Officer Frank Herrmann.

On March 26, 1927, Grandstaff arrested a suspect for writing a bad check and was in the process of walking him to the Bluffton jail when the suspect escaped custody.

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