It's Christmas in August in downtown Bluffton. Really.
Check out the 4-foot-tall lighted snowflake hanging from the light pole in front of Common Grounds and The Food Store at the Main-Cherry intersection. Also check out the 12-foot holiday garland wrapped around the pole.
What's this all about? Has Bluffton lost track of what month it is? The answer is "No."
On July 26 Pandora village council passed the third reading of a resolution allowing annexation of the St. John Mennonite Church property into the village.
Minutes from the meeting follow:
The Pandora Village Council met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
July 26, 2011, at 7:00 PM at the Municipal Building with President of Council, Rick Fricke, presiding in the absence of Mayor, John Schlumbohm.
Members Present: Vance, Hall, Stall, Fricke
Members Absent: Painter, Blank
Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs welcomes Jeff Compton, founder of Ottawa-based FluentPoint, as its new non-resident affiliate. Compton's company improves workplace learning through instructional design, course production and training distribution services, primarily e-learning courses.
FluentPoint also helps businesses enhance their PowerPoint presentations and marketing materials.
Pandora's Riley Creek Festival is Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13. Events on Friday include a car show, outdoor movie, food and carnival games.
Saturday's events include a 10 a.m. parade, breakfast and lunch, chicken barbecue, health fair, performers, punt, pass and kick contest for youth, a 3 p.m. auction an activities for children.
