The Black Lab Trading Co. celebrates 20 years of business at 121 N. Main St., downtown Bluffton this weekend, according to Julie Stratton.
The celebration includes cake, snacks, balloons, discounts and giveaways on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12 and 13.
There will be extended hours on Friday from 10-7 p.m. and Saturday from 10-4 p.m. Specials include 20% off Jane and Denny Edinger’s furniture, 25%-30% off gifts, fashions and other items.
Customers may register to win gift cards and a large gift basket full of merchandise by donated by the vendors.
The Bluffton HS boys' soccer team will collect food and supplies for the Bluffton Food Pantry at Steinmetz soccer field on Thursday, Oct. 11.
The collection takes place during the JV and varsity games against Allen East.
The JV game starts at 4:50 p.m. and the varsity game is at 7 pm. The Bluffton Food Pantry, located in the basement of St. John’s United Church of Christ, regularly serves over 50 families in the Bluffton area.
Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce's October breakfast meeting on Friday features a program by Leslie Barnes of A to Z Meats and Ashley Klingler of The Centre at Bluffton in a panel discussion, according to Paula Scott, chamber CEO.
"Food truck quality and reach is growing," said Scott. "Our panel members will discuss bringing food truck services to Bluffton and what they see in the future from this business model."
This photos contains some Bluffton viewers' great and possibly great-great-"relatives."
Nearly 10 decades ago, these youngsters performed as the Sunbeam Band under the sponsorship of the Bluffton Lutheran Church.
Although members of the band were drawn from all denominations, the Lutherans sponsored the band because leader Turley Rupright was a member of that congregation.
Sunbeam Band members were:
Front from left, W.A. “Hap” Stratton and Harold Beals.
Bluffton's newest business, The Frosting Studio, wants you to be ready for Halloween.
"Join us in our Hallween cupcake workshop," says Debra Stockford, shop owner. "You'll take home a Halloween cupcake 6-pack when the workshop is completed."
Stockford said the workshops are Saturday, Oct. 20, and Oct. 27, at her business location, 142 E. Jefferson St., Bluffton - located in Tommy Plaza.
To join the workshop text, call or e-mail her to sign up at:
970-219-1349
or [email protected]
According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, between Thurday, Oct. 4, and Sunday, Oct. 7, the area received 1.7 inches of rain between Thursday and Sunday.
Here's the daily breakdown:
Oct. 4 - 0.01 inch
Oct. 5 - 0.50 inch
Oct. 6 - 1.11 inch
Oct. 7 - 0.08 inch
Bluffton University’s mathematics department will host its annual math competition for high school students on Saturday, Nov. 3, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
The test consists of short-answer questions covering high school math topics through pre-calculus. Fifteen cash prizes will be awarded, and test scores of seniors considering attending Bluffton may be used to award renewable scholarships of up to $1,000 per year. Scholarship awards will be offered by January 2019.
Funeral Services for Avinell Manns will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, at the Price - McElroy Funeral Home, Kenton. Burial will follow in McDonald Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the funeral home.
She died Oct. 5, 2018, at the Cleveland Clinic. She was born on June 11, 1939, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to the late Earl and Vernal (Click) Crisp. On May 9, 1957, she married Virgil Manns and he preceded her in death on Oct. 22, 2009.
Here is the September Bluffton police department docket.
September 4
Officers arrested Carla D. Major, 48, Lima, for driving under suspension following a traffic stop in the area of State Route 103 and Commerce Lane for a stop sign violation. The case is pending in Findlay Municipal Court.
September 8
Officers responded to a noninjury hit/skip traffic crash in the area of Vine Street and North Main Street.
Bluffton Senior Citizen Center, 132 N. Main St., has a full calendar of events for October, according to Tonya Meyer, director.
THE COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS IS IN THE OCTOBER NEWSLETTER – ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
AARP hosts a voter issue forum from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 17. The program includes a non-partisan discussion of issues on the mid-term election. It is open to the public.
