The Inn at Ohio Northern University offers Thursday Tea at the Inn every Thursday afternoon from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Inn. The garden courtyard is open for seating (weather permitting).

The next event is Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Inn. Featured tea is Earl Grey Cr`eme Black with a pairing of profiteroles (cream puffs), along with a selection of Chef's Tea Sandwiches, Scones, Pastries, Tarts and Petite Fours. Champagne is also available.

Community meals at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center continue this fall. The next meal is at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Center. The First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, will provide the meal.

The menu consists of Vegetable Stew, cornbread and honey, and ice cream for dessert. The meal is open to the public. Donations accepted go to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program's food pantry.

The community meal program is sponsored by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association.

Carrie Phillips will present "Preserving Treasured Documents: Tricks of the Trade" at Bluffton Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m.

Phillips serves as archives and special collections librarian at Bluffton University and will discuss the preservation of treasured family documents, including strategies, materials and tools for proper storage and cleaning.

Willis Sommer recently wrapped up oversight of three final projects as a Bluffton University vice president. Now he's taking on another campus project as a retiree.

In honor of Bluffton Public Library's 75th anniversary, an open house is planned at the library on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. A variety of free activities have been scheduled in conjunction with the Bluffton Fall Festival.

Bluffton Scrap Artist Quilter's club will hold its annual fall festival quilt show at Maple Crest from10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25.

Each year over 200 people attended this one-day show.
This year's quilt show's theme is "Quilts From Our Area: Past and Present."

Entries are from quilters in the Bluffton area as well as club members. These items represent many ways of quilting, items and sizes.

Eighty quilted items on will be on display. A full-color brochure will have a picture of and provide specific information relating to each piece.

Bluffton's fall festival is Saturday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival features seven settings that attract youth, history buffs, arts and crafts devotees, fishing enthusiasts, quilters, movie-goers, and those just looking for a good time on an early fall weekend.

Most of the activities are free, with literally, something for everyone. All locations share free transportation between sites via vans and horse drawn wagons.

Here is a summary of events planned:

Guess who's throwing a first anniversary party... and you are invited. The Bluffton Icon, Bluffton's free on-line news source, celebrates its first anniversary with a party at Common Grounds.

The event, open to the public, is from 6 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 22, the actually anniversary date that the website went live in 2009.

Guests will be treated to free Bluffton Icon coffee, a birthday cake, cupcakes and the unveiling of a special Bluffton Icon-flavored Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn. The event will also include a ribbon cutting.