Seven area churches partnered in this summer’s Bluffton Community Vacation Bible School hosted by Bluffton Presbyterian Church July 19-23.
Over 120 children age 4 through fifth grade participated.
This year’s curriculum featured Bible Blast from the Past by Standard Publishing. Each day began with an introduction to the Bible story and daily theme, followed by participation at other sites including:
• Timeless Truth Tent where kids will explore the Bible story in a variety of interactive ways;
Thanks Fred for sharing the photo of the Pure Oil station at Main and Elm with the old Marathon station in the background.
By 1965, I thought that the Pure station was run by Bob Renner. That station ultimately closed and was replaced with a new Union 76 (successor to Pure Oil) station at the corner of Main and Jefferson, where Stratton's car business is now.
Mount Cory and Pleasant View United Methodist Churches invite children
preschool-12 years of age to join them for "Sonrise" National Park Vacation
Bible School Monday-Friday, August 3-7 from 6-8 p.m. at the Mt. Cory UM Church, 300 N. Main St, Mount Cory.
Three persons have replace retiring members of the Bluffton Board of Zoning Appeals, according to Judy Augsburger, mayor.
New members are Nate Bogart, Deb Weihrauch an Don Burris. Paula Scott is an alternate.
Retiring members are Gordon Diller, Dave Miller, Bill Gable and John Harbison.
The new members held an orientation session earlier this week. Their first meeting is at 6 p.m., Thursday, July 30 in the town hall to hear a variance request on Grove Street.
The Bluffton University football staff will conduct a youth football clinic from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, July 24. The clinic takes place on the university practice fields along Rosenberger Drive and Elm Street.
The Bluffton Community Swimming Pool season is at its mid-point. Bluffton council okayed half-price season ticket sales to begin.
Those prices follow and are in effect until the pool closes for 2015. Pool hours are Monday through Friday from 1 to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. Single daily admission continues at $3.
Half price costs:
• Single season pass $40
• Family season pass $65
Mosquito spraying in Bluffton takes place on Wednesday evenings from 9 p.m. to approximately 1 a.m.
Spraying takes place unless it is raining or is extremely windy. If either of those conditions are present, spraying is moved to Thursday evening of that week.
Bluffton Community Swimming Pool will hold a summer pool party in cooperation with 93.9 Kiss FM on Friday, July 24.
Kiss FM will broadcast live from noon to 2 p.m. during the party. There will be promotional giveaways starting at noon. The pool will be open to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on July 24. Regular admission prices.
Twenty days into July and the Pandora-Bluffton area has already experienced 6.64 inches of rain. All the that rain fell in a 13-day period from July 7 to July 19.
During that stretch Bluffton was without rain on only three days.
The heaviest rainfall was 2.92 inches on July 9.
Here’s the weather report (attachment at the bottom of this story) for the first 20 days of July from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
