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New Leaf holiday open house Saturday

See the beautifully decorated store with many holiday items available

New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center’s Christmas open house is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16. 

Two store locations are:
• 0395 State Route 235, Ada
   419-634-0351
• 927 E. Columbus St., Kenton
   419-675-2718

The open house includes New Leaf’s beautifully decorated store featuring:
• Unique decorations - country and traditional 
• Artificial trees, wreaths and greenery
• Chocolate peanut cluster and other candy
• Grape vine trees, wreaths and more

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Limited number of tickets remain for Hancock museum Victorian Christmas dinner

Catered by Jonah Agner of The Food Store and Greenhorn Restaurant

The Hancock Historical Museum, Findlay, is taking reservations for its 26th annual Victorian Christmas Dinner Saturday, Dec. 14, in a rural Jenera homestead. The Friday date is already sold out.

The dinner takes place at the Glick-Etler House, a restored 1853 farm house at 9085 Township Road 32, Jenera. 

The hosts are Nathan and Lauren Etler. The home was built by Lauren’s great-great-great grandfather, Anthony Glick, a German immigrant and survivor of the Famous Dove shipwreck. 

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University women open season with 62-49 win

The Bluffton University women's basketball team opened up its season at home on Nov. 11, against Alma College.

Despite a two-hour delay due to a severe snowstorm that kept Alma on the road for over seven hours, the Beavers were able to pull off a 62-49 victory over the Scots. With the victory, Bluffton starts its season out at 1-0, while Alma is 0-1.

Tickets available for Saturday purse Bingo in Ada

The Public Interest Law Association and the Office of Career and Professional Development at ONU’s Pettit College of Law has tickets for a Saturday, Nov. 16, Purse Bingo evening.

The event is at Center on Central, 111 Central Ave., Ada. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with Bingo from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

This is a fundraiser. All proceeds go to a scholarship fund for ONU law students who work unpaid public interest jobs during the summer. 

The scholarships allow students to work in the public interest sphere while maintaining summer living expenses. 

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Dave Essinger leads introduction to non-fiction writing workshop Nov. 14

Dave Essinger, Bluffton resident and associate professor of English at the University of Findlay, will lead a workshop on "Intro to non-fiction writing," at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts,  Findlay.

To registered contact  www.MCPA.org or click here.

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It's only Nov. 12!

Yesterday the village crew swept up leaves. Today they plow snow. And, it is only Nov. 12. Bluffton schools were also cancelled for the first time this year due to weather conditions. Here's snow plowing on the pedestrian pathway on Bentley Road. Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, reports that Monday's snowfall was 4.9 inches.

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