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Here comes a parade and you'll love this one

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 1, 2010 - 11:28am
Parade entry form

Everybody loves a Bluffton parade, and several local groups are preparing for a big one this month.

"Hometown Amerifest" Committee invites (float or other display entries) in its parade planned Saturday, June 26. The parade in held in conjunction with the Bluffton Lions Club Wheels Fest', Relay for Life and the Bluffton-Pandora Rotary Club's traditional Freedom Fest'. This year the three event are on the same weekend.

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Events
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First Mennonite switches to Sunday summer schedule

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 1, 2010 - 7:25am

First Mennonite Church will switch to the Sunday summer schedule beginning June 6. Worship begins at 9:15 a.m. with Sunday school beginning at 10:45 a.m. This schedule will continue through Aug. 29.

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Worship
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Where the EMS went in May

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 1, 2010 - 7:19am

Jan Basinger, Bluffton EMS chief, provided the EMS runs for May. They follow:

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Police/Fire/EMS
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321 street address?

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 1, 2010 - 5:52am

We spotted 321 W somewhere on Main Street. It's on a metalic green Pontiac with a Hancock plate. Could 321 be a street address?

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Regional news
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May showers brought May flowers

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 1, 2010 - 5:15am

Over 8 inches of rain graced Bluffton's lawns and gardens in May. Specifically 8.12 inches fell according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. That compares to May's normal rainfall of 3.67 inches. Here's some addition weather facts for May: This year's May average daily temperature was 63.4 degrees. May's normal average temperature is 60.2 degrees.

This year's high temperature for May was 88 degrees on the 26th and 30th. The low was 32 degrees on May 10. Here are the highs, lows and precipitation information for the last week of May.

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Regional news
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Icon video goes live

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 31, 2010 - 11:18am

The Icon test drove its Flip video camera at the Bluffton Memorial Day Parade - see the video on our home page and on our YouTube channel. Unfortunately, the battery died midway through the parade due to previous video experiments. We'll be prepared next time!

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