Vanessa Greer hands Clarence Kooker a hot dog while his wife, Mary Ann, adds some mustard to hers. It was Firecracker Friday at Bluffton's First National Branch bank.
Toby Buckell, was absent from his familiar Common Grounds chair all during the Bluffton sesquicentennial week. How could someone leave town during such an event?
Simple: He received an invitation to speak at a conference on an island off the coast of the Americas. To be exact, it was Barbados. He said the food was great and the weather was fantastic.
If you've ever wondered what it takes to put on a Bluffton event, read on: It takes volunteers. Lots of them. It also takes sponsors. Lots of them, too.
Bob Amstutz of the Bluffton Lions provide the following details of what exactly is needed to put on the the 44th Festival of Wheels and Cruise-in.
Ten Thousand Villages offers a style statement piece from the artisans of Tara Projects, a pioneering fair trade organization in India, during July, according to Aphaphanh Nussbaum, manager.
Check out the zipper pendant necklaces formed from recycled zippers. Ten Thousand Villages, 115 S. Main St., is open Mondays to Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 1 to 5 p.m.; and Fridays and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For a printer-friendly flier that tells about the necklaces, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
