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Craft vendors, music, shopping passports, pony rides and lots more

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The 48th annual Bluffton Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday, May 11, is a family friendly, activity-packed event with two new features: a music tent and shopping passport.

The festival brings some 60 vendors with non-commercial arts and crafts to Bluffton’s Main Street from Vine to Franklin. This year, the event will also include a music tent on the lawn of Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 S. Main.

A shopping passport will feature 12 businesses that have contributed to a prize of $250 Bluffton Bucks.

Mayor Johnson and council members Sehlhorst and Stahl will run unopposed

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There are no races for mayor or council  in the November 2019 Bluffton election – unless a write-in candidate files later this summer.

May 6 was the filing deadline for independent candidates for the Bluffton mayor and council races. No independents filed, according to the Allen County Board of Elections.

That means Richard Johnson (mayor)  and Joe Sehlhorst and Ben Stahl (council members) will run unopposed. Those three filed to be on the ballot in February.

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There's second-language instruction underway this spring with students at Bluffton Child Development Center. The Icon dropped in recently at BCDC and found students conversing in sign language.

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Everything is happening downtown Bluffton on Saturday. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce's arts and crafts festival fills Main Street from Elm to Franklin with lots of activities. Here's a map showing where to find the many attractions.

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Habitat for Humanity's ReStore will hold a "fill the truck" event from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 11, in the parking lot between Bluffton High School and First Mennonite Church.

Volunteers will accept good, new and used cabinets, sinks, plumbing, building supplies, windows, doors, appliances, office supplies, furniture, electrical, tools, toys and similar items.

(No mattresses, box springs, clothing or books, please.)

Items collected will be sold at ReStore, 550 W. Elm St., Lima.

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Bridge Home Health & Hospice, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, is offering a “Sprouting Hope” grief support program that allows children ages 6 to 12 to come together with their peers and participate in activities that will help them express their feelings, create lasting memories of their loved ones and have fun. 

This event will take place on Thursday, May 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Marathon Auditorium at Blanchard Valley Hospital.

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