August 2017

The next PrimeTimers event is Tuesday, Sept. 5.

It features the music of the Morse Family Gospel Singers. The meal will include fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, coleslaw, dinner roll and cake.
There is no cost, but donations are accepted. For more info, call 419-358-1015, ext. 102.

PrimeTimers is a non-denominational, community fellowship gathering for adults 55 and over hosted at St. John Mennonite Church in Pandora.
 

Sept. 5 ribbon cutting and dedication of Lions Way Parkview

Bluffton’s Lions Way bike and pedestrian pathway will grow significantly following a 4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 5, ribbon cutting and dedication of the Lions Way Parkview Path.

The ribbon cutting, open to the public, takes place at the pathway recognition sign just off Parkview Drive. Persons can enter Parkview from either Main or Jackson streets.

The Parkview path is a significant piece in the entire pathway project, according to Richard Ramseyer, president of the bike and pedestrian pathway board.

Student was located after running away from school

Life Flight of Bluffton was used earlier today in a Hardin County Sheriff's Office search for a Hardin Northern school student.

According to the sheriff's office, that office was contacted by the Hardin Northern Schools regarding a child who ran away from the school building.The child ran into a large cornfield north of the school property.

An initial search of the immediate area was conducted and the child was not able to be located.   

The Dough Hook's special offer

The Dough Hook, Main Street Bluffton deli, announces a back-to-school meat package special, according to Marlena Ballinger.

Fill your freezer and feed those growing kiddoes,” she says.

The special offer includes:
• Quarter of beef
     (8 different packages)
• Half of hog
     (4 different packages)
• 20 pounds of chicken

For an itemized package list open the attachment below.

To order or for more details:

Kid's night out and lots of classes - registration underway

Bluffton Family Recreation is accepting registrations for the first of two six-week fall sessions for youngsters, according to Amy Byers, BFR sports coordinator.

Session I runs from the third week of September to Oct. 27, with all classes at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

Classes include:

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The fifth annual Regional Auto Growth Summit will be held Friday, Sept. 8, in the Keese Hall Multipurpose Center at Rhodes State College, 4240 College Drive, Lima. This year’s theme is: Transportation: Driving Employment.
 
The event begins at 9: a.m. with registration and networking. The program will start at 9:30 a.m. and include these featured speakers:
· Kim Braun, CEO of Braun Industries, Van Wert
· Bernard Swiecki and Kristin Dziczek of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), Ann Arbor, Michigan

Six barns in Jenera-Arlington area open to the public

The Hancock County Historical Museum's fall historical barn tour is Saturday, Sept. 16.

The self-guided tour showcases six century-old barns in southern Hancock County around the communities of Jenera and Arlington.

Barns on the tour are:

• Houdeshell-Rettig-Bateson barn, 1860s
20368 Township Road 68, Arlington

• Martz-Pifer-Bateson barn, 1870s
10615 County Road 31, Arlington

• Glick-Pepple barn 1850s-1860s
19582 Township Road 65, Jenera

Check out River Valley Pasta at Saturday's Farmers' Market

If you could flavor your own pasta, what might you choose?

How about sun-dried tomato, fresh herb, mushroom, roasted garlic or spinach?

One of the Bluffton Farmers’ Market vendors, Alee Gratz-Collier, will have several of those options for sale most Saturdays.

Alee and her boyfriend, Mike Anderson, recently formed River Valley Pasta and each week create a fresh batch of their secret recipe for sale at the market.

“We started making it commercially four months ago,” said Alee. “Before that we experimented on different flavors, sharing with our friends.”

Music from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 23 on Presbyterian lawn

New to this year's Bluffton Fall Festival is a song-fest of sorts sponsored by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, according to Rev. Jeremy Manns, pastor or Emmanuel United Church of Christ.

"The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association (BAMA) will set up a tent on the lawn of the Presbyterian Church as a sign of our local faith communities coming together in worshiping God through song," he told the Icon.

Performances by musicians from Bluffton congregations will take place from 10 a.m. to noon.

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