Bluffton's sesquicentennial planning committee will meet three more times prior to the June 24-July 2 celebration, according to Bev Amstutz, chair of the committee.
Meetings are at 7 p.m. in the third floor of the town hall. Meeting dates are Thursday, May 12, June 2 and June 9.
Additional meetings scheduled will be listed here.
The Bluffton-Pandora Rotary Club seeks sponsors for its 2011 Freedom Fest. The event will be held at the Bluffton University football stadium in conjunction with the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life on Friday evening, June 24.
The Fest' includes fun events, food, musical entertainment, game books inflatable, live duck races and similar events. A fireworks display will take place at dusk.
This year's event is held during the Bluffton Sesquicentennial celebration.
The tickets for the Sesquicentennial Ball are on sale at the Bluffton Centre, for $10 each. The event will take place Saturday, June 25, at 7 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m.
"Music, dance, and refreshments, and the gaily dressed will welcome your attendance," said Beverly Amstutz, chair of the sesquicentennial planning committee.
It's an ambitious schedule this week at the Bluffton Hospital construction site. Here's a list of projects on the schedule:
Site work scheduled weather permitting:
Fascia panel on emergency department canopy
Forming for sidewalk near boiler room
Forming of steps near new stair tower
Glass in new stair tower
Roofing of corridor to second floor and breezeway at back
Stucco at eyebrowFinish glass at second floor
Level sub graders at back drive area
Calling all girls ages 5-10 - you could be Bluffton's Little Miss Sesquicentennial! In conjunction with the Sesquicentennial festivities to be held this year, the Bluffton Public Library is hosting a Little Miss Sesquicentennial Pageant on Thursday, June 23.
Registration begins at 6 p.m. and the pageant will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. in the Richland Room of the library.
Girls ages 5-7 are eligible to become Little Miss Junior Sesquicentennial, while ages 8-10 will compete to become Little Miss Sesquicentennial.
