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Scouting for food and other activities make October busy month for Bluffton scouts

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 15, 2010 - 8:18am

Bluffton scouts have a busy and active October, according to
Darrell Groman, Troop Asstistant Scoutmaster and Pack Webelos Leader.

Here are some of the activities planned:

Saturday Oct. 16: afternoon the Bluffton Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts will be taking (unmarked) yellow bags around Bluffton with a flyer stuck inside for our "Scouting For Food" drive.

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Senior Citizens Center has half-price plant sale

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 14, 2010 - 9:18am

The Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., is having a half-price plant sale, now until the end of October.

"All plants are half off the marked price. It is a great time to get a nice house plant to clean the air in your house this winter," said Tonya Meyer of the Center.

On The first and third Thursdays of the month, the Senior Center is open until 7 p.m. because of community meals.

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Oct. 23rd art auction to benefit Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 11, 2010 - 6:59am

The second annual art auction and dinner to benefit the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) will be held on Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Centre at Bluffton, 601 N. Main. Proceeds support the BCE mission of annually creating and retaining 30 local jobs. This is a major fundraiser for the BCE and raised $7,000 in 2009.

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Percussion Group Cincinnati performs here Thursday

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 8, 2010 - 5:43pm

Tickets are still available for the next performance in the 2010-11 Bluffton University Artist Series, by Percussion Group Cincinnati at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in Yoder Recital Hall.

The three-member group has awakened concert audiences to a wider world of music since 1979, using everything from amplified cactus needles, newspapers and garbage cans to the traditional sounds of drums, cymbals and bells from around the world.

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6 p.m. parade today one of largest small-town parades in NW Ohio

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 8, 2010 - 9:33am

A combined Bluffton High School and Bluffton University homecoming parade set for 6 p.m. tonight creates perhaps the largest small town parade of its type in northwestern Ohio.

Both Bluffton University and Bluffton High School will celebrate its 2010 homecoming on Friday and Saturday. Bluffton University's king and queen will be announced on Saturday afternoon.

Members of the homecoming court have been selected by BHS students. The 2010 king and queen will be announced in a pre-game ceremony Friday on Harmon Field. Members of the court follow:

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Red Cross blood drive Thursday at St. Mary's

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 4, 2010 - 11:59am

Bluffton's next America Red Cross blood drive is from noon to 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 7, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 160 N. Spring St.

How to Donate Blood
To schedule an appointment to donate please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org for more information.

Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental permission in some states), meet weight and height requirements (110 pounds or more, depending on their height) and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood.

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