Events

A fund-raiser to support the coast-to-coast baseball opportunity for Zak Kulhman and Christopher McClain is planned with registration starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Beaverdam village park.

The event is a cruise-in acceping all makes and models of vehicles. There is a $10 entry for vehicle owners.

Other events taking place food and drinks available and a 50-50 drawing. Awards will be presented for a people's choice, best truck, best car, best motorcycle.

Contact Rick Davis at 419-236-4297 for details. 

The Bluffton Schools will hold a district-wide open house on Monday evening, Sept. 30.  The elementary school will be open from 6 – 7 p.m., the middle school from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., and the high school from 7 – 8 p.m.

Several community organizations will have booths set-up in the elementary gymnasium and information will be available on ways to provide support to the school and community.

The Bluffton Fall Festival is Saturday, Sept. 28. Events take place in several locations around Bluffton. This is part of a series detailing events at specific locations. This story tells about events at the Swiss Community Historical Society homestead.

The annual Fall Festival at the Homestead will be held on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. by the Swiss Community Historical Society of Bluffton and Pandora. The Schumacher Homestead is located at 8350 Bixel Road between Bluffton and Pandora, and the event is free and open to the public.  

The next American Red Cross blood drive in Bluffton will be held on Thursday, Oct. 3, from noon until 6 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the Large Room, located at 160 N. Spring Street. 

Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information.

All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in.

Apollo Career Center programs that offer services to the public will soon be opening. These programs offer students hands-on experience in customer service in addition to the industry skills  needed for their career fields.

The Floral Design shop will open Sept. 17, 8-10:30 a.m, and 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday-Friday. The shop, fully stocked with student-created arrangements, is full of seasonal and all occasion silk, dried and fresh flower creations. For more information please call 419.998.2934.

It could be the largest single garage sale in Hardin County - make that northwestern Ohio.

"It's" Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Ada, football garage sale. This year's sale is from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 14, on the Wilson property on the east side of Ada.

The sale brings a couple thousand football and other sports fans to Ada for a once-a-year chance for footballs including overruns, blemished footballs, scrap footballs and many other miscellaneous sporting goods items.

The company is already staking out the area where sale items will be on sale.

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