FINDLAY- Winter is coming. Can you find the signs that show where animals are spending the winter or how they will survive the cold winter days ahead. We will be taking a look up in the trees and on the ground for anything that can be found. In the winter, life becomes a mystery in the woodlands. 

Blue Rock Nature Preserve, Edgar Avenue parking lot. 2:00 p.m. All ages are welcome. Free; registration is not required. 

By Paula Scott

It’s been a while since the Bluffton Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has hosted bakery bingo–since 2017, according to Bluffton Icon reports. So when members recently met to make preparations for the upcoming January 21 Bakery Bingo event, only a handful of the 11 people present had experienced this Bluffton Schools tradition.

But make no mistake, the parent teacher organization is ready for plenty of bingo action. Some 60 bakery items were already volunteered, baskets have been promised for the basket raffle, and a menu of drinks, snacks and entrees was being finalized.

Return to Dignity (A DABA Recovery Meeting) is moving from Wednesday evenings to every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Bluffton First United Methodist Church in the Upper Room.

These meetings are featured on the Icon’s Community Calendar.

Share events for Bluffton Area clubs and non-profit organizations by emailing [email protected].

Over 600 sophomores in Apollo Career Center’s 11-member district will be visiting Apollo during 411Blast, scheduled Friday, January 27, 2023.

411Blast is designed to expose students to possibilities and paths that are available for their career and/or college success. Students choose two programs of interest and then spend one-half day visiting those labs, meeting the instructors and participating in fun, interactive demos and activities.

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, January 13.

Blanchard Valley Health System-Bluffton Hospital is the breakfast sponsor and Greenhorn will be providing the breakfast.

Breakfast will be served at 7 a.m.

Program begins at 7:30 a.m.

Presentation: Myron D Lewis, President and CEO of Blanchard Valley Health System, will give an update on the state of healthcare.

Chamber director Jim Enneking will also give an update on new member software.

FINDLAY--Since children will have a day off from school on Martin Luther King, Jr Day, January 16, it could be a great time for them to visit a park, hike a trail, and look for animals.

Litzenberg Memorial Woods, Gatehouse. 1:00 p.m.
Families with children ages 5 and up. Free; registration is not required. 

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