Tickets are still available for the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneur dinner and art auction fundraiser.
The event Saturday, Oct. 27, at The Center, 600 N. Main St., Bluffton. The evening's schedule follows:
5:30 p.m. art preview
6:15 p.m. dinner
7-9 p.m. art auction
Tickets are $50 per person or $300 per table of eight. Tickets are avilable from Brendon Matthews at First National Bank Mathews, [email protected]; or Fred Steiner [email protected].
The Bluffton Public Library will host a special after-hours Holiday Extravaganza and Silent Auction Preview on Friday, November 2, at 6:30 p.m.
Come and get a head start on holiday shopping, enjoy a night out and pick up quick holiday how-to tips. Participants will also have the first opportunity to buy great auction gift packages at special “Buy Now” prices (cash or check accepted).
BFR will host a free Halloween party (scare free) on Sunday, Oct. 21, from 2-4 p.m. Games and crafts take place from 2-3 p.m. and costume judging is at 3 p.m.
BFR invites area businesses and organizations to contribute. There are several ways to contribute:
1 - Donation of prizes or candy for booths
2- Sets up and provides prizes for your choice of booth (BFR has ideas and materials)
3- Provides the cookies and/or drink for snack table
Some new Bluffton murals may make you hungry. Tammy Stephens TBS Fine Arts, Covington, Ky., is the muralist of four 10 by 10 feet murals being painted on the outside of Community Market. Click for a video.
If home is where the hearth is, Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) warmed the hearth on Oct. 14. MHCO dedicated its Green House Homes located at Willow Ridge, directly across the road from Maple Crest Senior Living Communities.
The day-long celebration includes a visit from Dr. Bill Thomas of Ithaca, New York, founder of the Green House Project. Willow Ridge is the first Green House Homes in Ohio.
Attached are videos of the day (more videos to come), photos and literature explaining the project.
