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The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service club is seeking funds to sponsor the American flags that line Main Street in Bluffton, according to Duane Bollenbacher of the club.

The purchase of flags is open to businesses, organizations and individuals. For $25 per flag, you can be the sponsor a flag. In addition, for each flagyou sponsor, you may name someone who you wish to honor or memorialize.

All profits from this project by the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club will be used locally to help support community activities, projects, families in need, schools and other organizations.

Several activities are planned in May at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St., Bluffton.

A copy of the May newsletter is a attached at the bottom of this story.

One in a Number, a Bluffton women's chorus, will perform during the Center's 6 p.m., Monday, May 9, dinner meeting. The meal is catered by the Mt. Cory United Methodist Church.

A blood pressure clinic is from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, May 4. A nurse from Ameri Care will check blood pressures.

Putnam County Sheriff Beutler recently announced a Code Red program now in use in Putnam County.

This program alerts those who register, about emergency situations. This could be a tornado, severe storms, or flooding. The alert would only be used for emergencies.

He said that anyone may be alerted by phone call and/or texting. Persons need to register to receive these alerts promptly so you can take the measures you need for your safety.

The village of Pandora received a quote from Golden Giant to construction an addition to the village fire station for $38.500. Stan Schneck, village administrator, informed council during its April 12 meeting.

Also brought up at the meeting was the Riley Township trustees interested in the building.

One possibility discussed by council is for the village to pay for the addition to the building and the trustees abate the village, paying for their share of fire department expenses for a specified length of time.

What did you wear to your high school prom? What was the theme? Who was your date?

The junior-senior prom tradition continues at Bluffton High School this weekend. The tradition is a long-standing one, going back to the 1930s, when it when by the name of the junior-senior banquet.

April showers bring May flowers, but this is ridiculous. April showers have already resulted in 5.21 inches of rain.

From April 18 to April 25 the Pandora-Bluffton area has experience 3.48 inches of rain, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

And, of the first 25 days of April, 19 of those are in the precipitation column.

Here's the seven-day weather summary:

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