The December Bluffton Senior Citizens dinner meeting, sponsored by Richland Manor, is free to members. The meeting is at at 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 9, at the center, 132 N. Main St. Tickets must be reseerved by Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Several other activities are planned in December at the Center. To view the December Center newsletter open the printer-friendly attachment at the bottom of this story.
Two community meals are planned in December at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St., Bluffton.
Meals are Thursday, Dec. 5 and Thursday, Dec. 19. St. Mary's Catholic Church is host to the Dec. 5 meal. Trinity United Methodist, Jenera, will host the Dec. 19 meal.
Meals are free and open to the public. Any monetary donation goes to the Bluffton food pantry.
The Icon talked with Santa Claus, during his downtown Bluffton visit on Saturday. We discussed everything starting from Dec. 26 all the way to Dec. 25. By the way, Santa has a facebook page and may be found on LinkedIn. Here's a small portion of our talk.
You travel all over the globe. How do you do it?
By reindeer. But, you need to know that reindeer only fly on Christmas Eve.
Saturday night is your opportunity to take a horse and wagon ride in Bluffton to view the Christmas lights. J.A. Smith’s Town and Country Carriage Service, Van Wert, will provide rides. Rides will start at the conclusion of the Blaze parade and will continue during the evening. Departure point is in front of Common Grounds coffee shop.Tickets are $4 for persons 11 and older and $2 for youth 10 and under. Children who can sit on an adult lap have no charge. Tickets will be sold at the front of Common Grounds. Ticket sales will begin during the parade.
Tammy Grigsby, Randy Spallinger, Rick Hermiller, Jay Stratton, Bev Stockman and "I Am Coyote," don't need to buy their turkey or ham for Thanksgiving this year.
According to Derek Dukes of Southgate Lanes, those were the bowler in each league who had the most pins over average in Southgate's annual Thanksgiving turkey shoot.
