Santa Claus is coming to Bluffton Saturday morning.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce has four Santa visits between Nov. 23 and Dec. 13.
Here are those dates and locations:
Saturday, Nov. 23 – Santa arrives in the old Bluffton fire truck at 10 a.m. and will be in Common Grounds, 101 S. Main St., from 10 a.m. to noon.
Saturday, Nov. 30 - Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus will arrive at the end of the Blaze parade. They will met youth following the Blaze at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
This was Main Street Bluffton in 1966. The photo is from the 1967 Bluffton High School yearbook.
The photo was taken in front of what today is Chase, looking north. The most noticable change is on the west side of Main where Citizens National Bank is today.
Laura Strahan correctly spelled “abstruse,” an adjective meaning difficult to understand. And in spelling correctly this obscure – by definition – word, she won the 2013-14 Bluffton Middle School spelling bee.
WATCH FOR A VIDEO OF THE PRACTICE ROUND - PHOTO OF ALL CONTESTANT AT BOTTOM OF STORY
The eighth grader now represents the school in the Allen County spelling bee held in January.
This week's McDonald's Girls' Holiday Tournament at Bluffton High School has a new twist this year.
"Arlington's football will play Saturday night, Nov. 23. Because of that we have decided to move the Holiday Tournament to Saturday afternoon," said Alex Hannah, BHS athletic director.
The consolation game will begin at noon and the championship game will begin 20 minutes after the consolation game's award ceremony. An attachment at the bottom of this story shows the brackets.
Activate Allen County is seeking community input on Allen County’s first Active Transportation Plan.
The plan will be the first in Allen County to take into account the need to encourage increased physical activity when developing long-term transportation plans by making walking, bicycling and transit the easy, safe, attractive and convenient choice for everyday trips.
Bluffton downtown merchants drew the first round of winners in this fall’s 3/50 Project drawing.
Winners and the three Bluffton merchants each visited follow:
• Jenny Roby – Curling Iron, Greg’s Pharmacy, The Black Lab • Norma Rader – Family Eye Care Clinic, The Dough Hook, Greg’s Pharmacy • Linda Marie Core – Polished, First National Bank, Community Market
Each winner receives a selection of prizes valued at from $50 to $60 from Bluffton businesses that participate in the promotion.
The Bluffton Community Assistance program invites area residents to adopt a family during the Christmas season.
According to Jami Crawfis: "We have a total of 53 families this year who are signed up and we still have 16 to adopt out. The date of distribution is Saturday, Dec. 21."
Helen L. McOwen, 91, of Pandora died at 7:40 a.m. Nov. 20, 2013, at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. She was born Nov. 6, 1922 in Putnam County to Clarence and Edith Thomas Hofferbert. On Dec. 26, 1944 she married Roger McOwen and he preceded her in death on November 28, 1982.
She had been a bookkeeper at Steinman Brothers Lumber Company in Bluffton. She was a member of the Pandora United Methodist, the Gideon's Auxiliary and the Asi No Mas Club of Pandora. She was a graduate of Vaughnsville High School and attended Northwest Business College, Lima.
