Are you ready for an action-packed day of events in Bluffton on Saturday, September 24? The village will be firing on all cylinders with activities scheduled for three special programs:
17th Bluffton Fall Festival
At locations throughout and near the village. Coordinated by Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio.
Discovery Days
Shop at participating Bluffton businesses and earn a chance to win Bluffton Bucks from the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. (List of merchants on attached poster and below.)
Family Day at Bluffton University
University students' familes are invited to check out recreation on campus, attend volleyball and soccer games, and enjoy an Oktoberfest celebration.
When Bluffton Fall Festival visitors stop by the Schumacher Homestead at 8350 Bixel Rd., they'll find a big project underway. Some eight tons of flagstone and huge retaining blocks are being used to recreate an east-facing bank, which was original to the barn.
The project began with creating a new opening and building the two large doors on the east gable end of the barn.
Recently the foundation and flagstone walls of the southeast corner were rebuilt by head mason Ron Keller using flagstone donated by Mike Gerken of the Bluffton Stone Company. The concrete floor inside the barn was broken up and replaced with stone. The debris is filling the new bank.
Registration is open for A Blaze of Lights camp at Bluffton Family Recreation. The one or two day camp takes place during Thanksgiving break.
Participants can be registered for November 22 or 23rd or both.
Before care begins at 7:30 a.m.
After care provided until 5:30 p.m.
Campers will get to help design, build, and decorate a float that will be in the Blaze of Lights parade on Saturday, November 26. Participants are invited to ride the float during the parade as well.
Seeing more that the usual number of monarch butterflies? The Ohio Division of Wildlife explains:
"Eastern monarch butterflies are now flying through Ohio on their way from summer breeding areas to overwintering sites in Mexico.
Monarchs may travel 50 to 100 miles per day, making this one of the most impressive migrations in the animal kingdom. The journey may take them thousands of miles before they reach their destination."
Pirate Cart coffee service, MS Overnight School at Camp Berry, Elementary School field trips resume, $8K grant for water bottle fillers
All board members were present for the September 19 meeting of the Bluffton schools Board of Education. President Larry Hoffman conducted the 7:30 p.m. meeting in the media center of Bluffton Elementary School.
INVOLVEMENT OF VISITORS
Several parents were in attendance to see the introduction of the Pirate Cart, a small business-style project being operated by students Nathan Taylor and Aiden Koontz. The Pirate Cart sells coffee and treats on Thursdays. The students are supervised by High School Intervention Specialist Emily Spallinger and classroom aide Cindy Prowant. The board and guests were treated to coffee, water and homemade marshmallow candies.
