The scenery at the corner of Garau and Harmon changes every day as the construction at the Bluffton Hospital continues. Here's a view of brickwork going up along Harmon Road.

Election Day Meals at Bluffton First UMC

Bluffton First United Methodist Church, 116 Church St., will hold its annual election day meal on Tuesday, Nov. 2.

Lunch will be served from11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the menu consists of homemade soups ($2), sandwiches ($2), salads (75 cents), desserts ($1.50), and beverages (50 cents).

Dinner will be served from 4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Cost is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children 10 and under. The dinner consists of baked steak, escalloped potatoes, green beans, roll, dessert and beverage.

The lights are on! Bluffton Child Development Center celebrated lights on yesterday. The national recognition event stresses the importance of centers like BCDC that serve youth after school. Fred Rodabaugh, Bluffton mayor, read a brief proclamation and then students at the Center released yellow balloons as a send off.

Carrick Lancaster delivers a white bag to a house for Scouting For Food. The Bluffton Scouts will be collecting donated non-perishable food items (canned) for the Bluffton Food Pantry on Sunday, Oct. 25 afternoon.

Has to be a zip code. That means it's probably a postmaster's plate. We spotted this plate in 45817 land, but our hunch is that this one belongs somewhere in Hancock County.

Crystal Wilkinson, author of the short story collections Blackberries, Blackberries and Water Street, will give a public reading at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in Bluffton University's Musselman Library.

Wilkinson, a faculty member in the Master of Fine Arts writing program at Spalding University in Louisville, Ky., is currently a visiting professor and writer in residence at Morehead (Ky.) State University.

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