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June 2024 programs and services (and beyond) at Bluffton Public Library

Posted by Staff on June 5, 2024 - 6:00am

Above) June 2024 Bluffton Public Library calendar (click to enlarge)

This summer, unlock a world of adventure with the Bluffton Public Library’s 2024 Summer Reading Program, “Adventure Begins at Your Library!” starting June 3. Summer Read is open to all ages.

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BEVS youth soccer camp June 25-28

Posted by Staff on June 5, 2024 - 6:00am

A youth soccer camp will be held by the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools for boys and girls entering grades 1-8 in fall 2024. It is staffed by BHS boy and girl teams' coaches and players.

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CANCELLED Plant repotting session at the Senior Center

Posted by Staff on June 4, 2024 - 7:52am

The Wednesday, June 5 plant repottoing session at he Senior Center has been cancelled.

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Save the Date: July 13 is 10th Ride to Remember

Posted by Paula Scott on June 4, 2024 - 7:03am

The 10th annual Bluffton Ride to Remember is Saturday, July 13 beginning at 601 N Main St, Bluffton Community (at the corner of Main and Snider Rd., formerly The Centre).

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I spy: A quilter's dream

Posted by Paula Scott on June 4, 2024 - 6:56am

Stop by the Bluffton Senior Center to see this red, white and blue eight-point star quilt that is being hand quilted by members. Staffer Deb Beer estimates that projects of this kind take the group some six months to finish.

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Can they hear me?

Posted by Staff on June 4, 2024 - 6:00am

Columnist Bill Herr taught high school mathematics and science for 32 years before serving as a volunteer and then as a staff chaplain at two nursing homes.  

By Bill Herr

American culture places a premium on a person being physically attractive and having a friendly, outgoing personality. Movies and television promote this. The opposite is a person that has advanced Alzheimer’s Disease or some other physical disability that renders the person unable to do any activity except to breathe.  

At the nursing home a female resident had experienced several strokes and was unable to move her body at all. She simply lay prone in her bed all day and stared straight ahead. She did not speak or respond at all when I spoke her name and read scripture or prayed.  

When she died, I went to the funeral home visitation. Looking at a collage of pictures of the resident, I was stunned to see a photo that revealed a beautiful young lady in shorts standing at the edge of a woods smiling while holding a shotgun pointed upward. It was the resident. She looked like a movie actress.  

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