Events

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Purple shoes on Main Street?

The purple shoes hang on Main Street to remind people that cancer hits all walks of life and all kinds of people, according to Lynda Best of the Bluffton Relay for Life.

This year's Relay is at Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, Friday evening, June 24, and continuing into Saturday morning.

"We are having a survivor meal at 5 p.m., Friday, June 24, and ask if there are any survivors who would like to attend the meal  - it's free to survivors," she said.

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The Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary will host a Father’s Day pulled pork barbeque on Sunday, June 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Harmon Road and Garau Street, Bluffton.

The event will feature a pulled pork meal with two sides prepared by Todd Larson.

Tickets are $8 and are available from any Auxilian or at Bluffton Hospital, the Black Lab or Greg’s Pharmacy. Tickets must be purchased in advanced.

For questions, call 419.423.5342 or email [email protected].

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Bluffton Child Development Center's school-age classroom will hold a car wash to raise money for summer activities.

The car wash is from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 21, at the Center located at 325 County Line Road, Bluffton.

 

 

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Jeff Gundy of Bluffton will have a book signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 18, at Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, according to Dr. Christina Walton, store manager.

Gundy, professor of English at Bluffton University, has published seven books of poems and four of prose, most recently Abandoned Homeland (Bottom Dog, 2015), Somewhere Near Defiance (Anhinga, 2014), Songs from an Empty Cage: Poetry, Mystery, Anabaptism, and Peace (Cascadia, 2013), and Spoken Among the Trees (Akron, 2008).

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The Swiss Community Historical Society will celebrate a prominent local farmer, entrepreneur and community servant at its annual June Swiss Day event, Sunday, June 26.

John U. Amstutz, who lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th century, was a coffin-maker and undertaker for the local region.  

In addition, he provided a variety of community services from his property including a sorghum cane mill and press, a cider press, wood and metal-working shops, a clock shop and general store, a photography studio, and a weighing scale for produce loaded farm wagons.

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Pandora town-wide garage sales, sponsored by Pandora Friends of the Library, take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 9-10-11. Over 40 garage sales are scheduled. Lists/maps are available at Pandora businesses.

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