Flu shots will be available in Bluffton on Thursday, Oct. 13, according to the Allen County Health Department. Shot are available for persons 6 months and older.
Shots will be given at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center from 9-10:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 13.
Shots will also be given in Lima at the health department Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8-0 a.m. and from 3-4 p.m. beginning Sept. 21.
Bluffton celebrates the arrival of fall at its eighth annual Fall Festival, Saturday, Sept. 24.
The festival includes activities at seven different locations. Here's information about the day:
Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., is the hub for all free transportation. Persons attending events are encouraged to park at one of the venues and grab the free horse and wagon rides, or the buses that travel to all locations.
The buses arrive and depart every 15 minutes from Maple Crest, Swiss Homestead, Suter's Corn Maze, Downtown and the Mennonite Home.
Women's Entrepreneurial Network (WEN) will hold its monthly Bluffton meeting at 11:30 a.m., Monday, Sept. 19, in Jeanne's Kitchen.
WEN is an organization for women and men interested in networking with other entrepreneurials. The meeting is open to all interested persons. WEN is a member of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
True, it's only mid-September. Even so, the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce Blaze of Lights committee is hard at work, planning Bluffton's favorite holiday event - this year on Saturday, Nov. 26.
To keep Icon viewers updated, here's an overview of this year's Blaze to date. The theme is "Winter Wonderland."
The Gilboa Twig Benders Mother's Club plans to hold a one-day trip to Holmes County on Saturday, Oct. 8. The club will travel on a 55-passenger bus operated by Excursions Trailways. The cost of the trip is $30 per person.
The bus will depart from the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center at 6:15 a.m. and will return to Bluffton by 9 p.m.
Reservations are required via check made payable to Twig Benders Mother's Club. Reservation deadline is Monday, Sept. 26.
Reservations may be mailed to Tonya Deitering, 3337 Road I, Leipsic, OH 45856. Her phone is 419-943-2799.
