Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2020 - 1:24pm
A fall-themed Discovery Day with prize drawings and a business decorating contest will be hosted by Bluffton merchants on Saturday, Sept. 26.
It also hosts a Saturday morning Cars & Coffee gathering and farmers market.
Nearby, Suter’s Produce has opened their seasonal corn maze, hayride shuttle service to sunflower and pumpkin patches, and cider press shop.
“Bluffton isn’t hosting the annual fall fest this year, but there are fun opportunities in and near the village,” said Paula Scott, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce CEO.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2020 - 1:16pm
Green fields turn golden yellow in late September as soybeans in rural Bluffton become ready for harvesting. Here's one of those fields on Columbus Grove Road just west of Tom Fett Road.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2020 - 1:14pm
MCUSA colleges and universities hosting Virtual Family Nights
Bluffton University admissions invites high school aged students and their families to participate in a Virtual Family Night.
Organized collectively by the Mennonite Church USA colleges and universities, these events are replacing the in-person visits admissions counselors typically make to Mennonite high schools during the fall.
However, all high school students are invited to take part in any of the sessions, whether they attend a Mennonite high school.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2020 - 1:01pm
Rolland Dean Basinger, 78, died Sept. 21, 2020, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. Dean was born Dec. 7, 1941, in Lima to the late Howard and Dorothy (Clymer) Basinger. On Dec. 28, 1963 he married Margaret Otto Basinger.
Dean was a graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School. He worked at Whirlpool Corporation - Findlay Division, for 40-plus years before his retirement. Dean was a life member of St. John Mennonite Church in Pandora.