The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce Nov. 11 newsletter is now available for Icon viewers.
The newsletter is in a printer-friendly attachement at the bottom of this story. Inside this issue includes stories on the new garlands on Main Street plus additional chamber news.
Bluffton Hospital will host a two-day bake sale and an all week gift shop sale next week.
The bake sale is in the hospital conference room Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 16-17 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The hospital gift shop will hold a "big blow-out sale," featuring Black Friday prices. The sale runs Monday, Nov. 14, through Friday, Nov. 18, hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The sale includes OSU items, Christmas items, jewelry, money soap and Woodwick items all 20 percent off.
This year marks the 7th year for the Jerry Lewis' McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Dinner, which was started in 1989 by the Chester Carey Family.
The Jerry Lewis' McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Dinner will be held on Thursday, Nov. 24 from 11a.m. to 2p.m. at the Lima Veteran's Memorial Civic and Convention Center.
Lewis says, "Each year the dinner continues to grow, a great deal of which is due to the economy. We know that now, more than ever, it is important to have a place for people to eat and fellowship on a special day like Thanksgiving."
Not bad for November. We'll take it and more. Here are the high and low temperatures for the first week of November from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Richard J. and Corrinne (Kamp) Boehr celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 28, 2011.
They were married at Calvary Mennonite Church in Washington, Ill., on that date in 1951. They both had attended Bluffton College and have remained Bluffton residents over the years.
Richard has served the Bluffton community as a real estate broker for the past 54 years and volunteers in the community, Lions Club International, church and the Allen County historical museum.
