Esther Birkey, Bluffton Public Library youth services coordinator, dramatically reads a story to youngsters about a baby rooster who wasn't certain what sound to make every morning to wake people from sleep. The next photo shows Esther and her attentive audience.
The SHANNON Service Club invites viewers to be a 2018 Main Street flag sponsor, according to Duane Bollenbacher of the club.
The purchase of flags, a $25 per flag, is open to businesses, organizations, or to individuals.
Bollenbacher said that sponsors may name someone that you wish to honor or memorialize with each flag sponorship.
All proceeds from the sponsorship of flags help the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club in its quest to make Bluffton a better community for its children, its elderly, its needy families, and all the citizens of Bluffton.
Bluffton Main Street ghosts reappear on Friday, June 15.
Those shadowy figures grew up on leaded gasoline, have 8-V engines under their hoods and ride on white-wall tires. They arrive in a variety of bright colors and don’t have FM radios.
Some have strange names like: Plymouth, Studebaker, Mercury, Edsel, VW Bug, Woody, Oldsmobile, Desoto and Packard.
Over 200 of them return to Bluffton for the 51st Bluffton Festival of Wheels cruise-in, sponsored by the Bluffton Lions.
An auction including a 40-plus year collection of antiques is scheduled at 113 E. Kibler St., Bluffton, starting at 4 p.m., Thursday, June 21, according to Chet Straley of Straley Realty and Auctioneers.
The auction includes antique furniture and gold jewelry, furniture and household items, appliances, toys, collectibles and primitives, jewelry and garage items and tools.
An attachment at the bottom of this story reveals more of the auction information.
The Pandora United Methodist Church will be hosting a free community meal on Wednesday, June 27, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington St. The meal this month is provided by the mission committee. The menu is hamburger sandwich, baked potato bar, mixed fruit, dessert and beverage.
Five seniors were awarded scholarships by the Bluffton Lions Club this year. Those students attending the noon meeting of the Bluffton Lions Club are shown left to right:
Nathan Zuercher from Cory-Rawson High School; Karis Wilson, Sydney Hoff and Christian Groman from Bluffton High School. Chase Huffman from the Pandora-Gilboa School was not present at this meeting.
