Events

The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club of Bluffton is sponsoring its 10th annual community garage sale this month, according to Duane Bollenbacher of the club. From 30 to 35 vendors are expected to participate.

This year's event is Friday, Feb 22, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 23, from 9 a.m. toto noon, at The Centre at Bluffton, 601 N. Main St.  

Parking is free and admission is $1. 

A Canadian theatre troupe, Theatre of the Beat, will perform "Gadfly: Sam Steiner Dodges the Draft," the story of  Vietnam War conscientious objector, at 1:30 p.m.,  Sunday, Feb. 10, in Bluffton University’s Ramseyer Auditorium in College Hall.

The performance is open to the public for a $5 suggested donation.

The drama is about Sam Steiner, now retired, who served for 30 years as librarian and archivist at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ontario.

The fourth week of Keeping Active’s free fitness and nutritional programs is underway at BFR Sports & Fitness. The week will feature a Family Fun Night, plus free walking days, exercise classes and demonstrations.

Robert Clemens, Toledo Symphony cellist, will perform at 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17, in the Town Hall Concert Series. Food serving takes place at 6:30 p.m., according to Wendy Chappell-Dick of the Village Cultural Affairs Committee, concert sponsors.

Robert Clemens Town Hall Concert is being titled "Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue."

The first half of his concert will be “something old,” and totally acoustic in nature: Bach’s unaccompanied First suite, G Major.

The Red Cross will hold a blood drive in Pandora on Feb. 14.  The drive will take place from 1:00 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the Pandora United Methodist Church, 108 Washington Street.

 

Lots of events are planned in Allen County in February. Here's a list from the Allen County Convention and Visitors' Bureau:

Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22:  Friday Nights in the City Club @ City Club

Feb. 2:  Just for Kids: Groundhog Day Party @ McElroy Environmental Ed Ctr

Feb. 2-3:  Tri-State Gun Show @ Allen County Fairgrounds
Feb. 3:  Super Bowl Party @ Westgate Lanes
Feb. 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28:  Family Skating @ Edgewood Skate Arena

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