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Sign-up now for BFR's Adventure Camp and Gym & Swim

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2011 - 1:02pm

BFR will offer Adventure Camp and Gym & Swim for Pre-schoolers in June, according to Carole Enneking, BFR director.

Children ages 2-6 are welcome to register for the first session of Gym and Swim. Tentative plans are for the program to start June 6, meeting on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-5:50 p.m. for five sessions.

Gym and Swim begins with activities at BFR followed by a swim lesson at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool.

The session will be delayed if the Bluffton pool is not open at that time.Cost is $40 ($25 BFR member).

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Displays, lectures, celebratory events and performances on sesquicentennial slate June 24-July 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2011 - 12:01pm

This is the first in a series of five stories from the sesquicentennial committee that will highlight different aspects of the Bluffton Sesquicentennial.

Community Events During Bluffton Sesquicentennial Celebration: "150 Years of Progress" June 24-July 2, 2011 in Bluffton, Ohio.

Bluffton's sesquicentennial will consist of an entire week of displays, lectures, celebratory events and performances, an Indian Village and even some civil war era re-inactments.

Some of the highlight events of the Bluffton Sesquicentennial are:

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Rudie's plate

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2011 - 11:50am

Here's a plate The Icon spotted on Main Street recently.

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SHANNON Service Club holds street fair/flea market July 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2011 - 11:38am

In conjunction with the sesquicentennial, the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club of Bluffton is sponsoring a street fair/flea market on Friday, July 1, according to Duane Bollenbacher.

The event is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Church Street, between Main and Jackson.

Activities include a fishing booth, games, activities for children, and free Face-Painting. Lunch stand will be open at 11 a.m.. To reserve a vendor space for the flea market (cost is $10), contact Deb Bollenbacher at 419-358-7365.

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Girl Scout journey in Bluffton: Little school house on the Black Swamp

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2011 - 11:35am

Bluffton's Girl Scout Service Unit announces a new "Girl Scout Journey" to celebrate Bluffton's 150 year anniversity.

According to Wendy Chappell-Dick: This new troop is coming together to learn survival techniques of the early pioneers - how did they farm, wash, cook, dance, play and dress?

"We will make our own pioneer costumes and participate in several Community Sesquicentennial events- leading games and songs at a historic schoolhouse June 26 and riding in the parade July 2.

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Bluffton Legion placed 638 American flags on graves for Memorial Day

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 2, 2011 - 5:34pm

American flags are on the graves of 638 veterans in the Bluffton, Beaverdam and Richland Township cemeteries during the Memorial Day season, according to John Wagner of the Bluffton American Legion Post 382. That count is seven higher than last year.

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