Bluffton Lions will hold a chicken barbecue on Blaze of Lights Saturday. Tickets are $8 and are available from any club member. Dinners will be available while they last from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Bluffton Middle School. dinner may be picked up in a drive-through set up in front of the middle school.
The Council for the Arts of Greater Lima will host its third annual Holiday Night at the Museum on Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Allen County Museum.
This year’s event will be hosted by Don and Sherri Fischer and include and evening of fine wine and drinks; a dinner prepared by chef Brian Keegan and Barb Cooley; live holiday music by The Ohio State University’s choral ensemble, Carmony; and an auction of local art and gifts, all to benefit the educational programming of the Council for the Arts of Greater Lima.
Two community meals are planned in December at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St., Bluffton.
Meals are Thursday, Dec. 5 and Thursday, Dec. 19. St. Mary's Catholic Church is host to the Dec. 5 meal. Trinity United Methodist, Jenera, will host the Dec. 19 meal.
Meals are free and open to the public. Any monetary donation goes to the Bluffton food pantry.
Santa Claus is coming to Bluffton Saturday morning.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce has four Santa visits between Nov. 23 and Dec. 13.
Here are those dates and locations:
Saturday, Nov. 23 – Santa arrives in the old Bluffton fire truck at 10 a.m. and will be in Common Grounds, 101 S. Main St., from 10 a.m. to noon.
Saturday, Nov. 30 - Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus will arrive at the end of the Blaze parade. They will met youth following the Blaze at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
