The Bluffton elementary school bell rang mid-afternoon and that's when the shouting started. Here first graders leave the building for summer. Click here for a video.
Louise M. Hankish, 92, died May 24, 2018, Bluffton Hospital. Louise was born Jan. 18, 1926, in Tetbury, England, to the late Charles and Edith (Minchin) Hart. On Nov. 3, 1945, she married Charles M. Hankish, Jr., who preceded her in death on June 4, 2000.
Louise was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bluffton. Louise enjoyed bird watching, flowers and visiting and talking with her family and friends.
The Bluffton Community Swimming Pool will open for the season at noon, Tuesday, May 29, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator. Later today the Icon will post admission prices, this year's staff and pool hours.
You are witnessing a relatively new tradition - this is the third year - at Bluffton High School. On the final day of the school year the graduating seniors take one last trip through the elementary and middle school prior to their own graduation rehearsal.
The eighth grade band members lead this procession. The 137th annual BHS commencement is Saturday.
Five members of the Bluffton High School graduating class of 2018 are named valedictorians and one student is salutatorian, according to Mike Minning, BHS principal.
The students will participate in the 137th annual Bluffton High School commencement at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 26, in the high school gymnasium. This year's class has 79 graduates.
