The Blanchard River Watershed Partnership is sponsoring a river clean-up in Ottawa on Saturday, May 20.
Volunteers interested in helping remove trash and debris from the river are invited to meet at Arrow Head Park, 615 West Main St., Ottawa, at 9 a.m. The event ends at noon.
Buckets, trash containers and drinking water will be provided. Volunteers are asked to bring their own personal protective gear for working along the riverbank. Additional information can be found at www.blanchardriver.org.
Bluffton American Legion Post 382 hosts its 8th annual golf scramble, Saturday, June 3, at the Bluffton Golf Club, 8575 Dixie Highway.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. and tee time starts at 9 a.m. Cost to play is $50 per person or $200 per team. Registration includes green fees and cart, steak dinner and door prizes.
- Registration form attached -
Several contests take place including:
• Longest drive
• Closest to the pin
• Closest to the rope
• Wagering on par 3
• Skins game
• Mulligan
Bluffton PTO is having a McTeacher's Night from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 16, at the Bluffton McDonald's. A portion of all sales are donated to Bluffton Elementary.
And, 25 percent of all Pirate Shakes (strawberry shakes) sold will be donated ot the school.
A classroom attendance contest takes place and the winning class receives free McFlurries.
The elementary receives 100 percent of tips received. There's a prize for the grade level with the most tips.
Transition Bluffton invites the public to its idea-raising launch party from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, May 16, in the Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St.
In addition to its launch party, the event is a brainstorm session for future events and project by the group. Cake will be served. This event celebrates the creation of Transition Bluffton, an organization that is bringing people together to build sustainability in Bluffton and beyond.
Once upon a time gasoline was leaded, 30 cents a gallon, or cheaper.
Really.
Those days are gone, but many of the vehicles hooked on that gas survived. Over 200 of them return to Bluffton on Friday, June 16, for the 50th Bluffton Festival of Wheels cruise-in, sponsored by the Bluffton Lions.
A registration form is attached at the bottom of this story.
If luck prevails, you might catch glimpses of some gone-but-not forgotten heavy metal cruisers that once roamed Main Street Bluffton.
