The 57th annual Bluffton Festival of Wheels presented by the Bluffton Lions Club will take place on Friday, July 13 with parts of downtown Bluffton closed to traffic beginning at 1:00 p.m. (rain or shine). The show ends with a cruise down S. Main St. at 8:00 p.m. See the attached poster and details below for the full schedule of events.
Registration for Antique Cars, Classic Cars, Trucks, Tractors, Fire Engines and Motorcycles begins at 1:00 p.m. Dash plaques will be provided to the first 280 registered; the fee is $12.00.
FIRST MENNONITE MEDIA RELEASE__On June 22, starting at 11:00 a.m. at 101 S. Jackson St in Bluffton, the public is invited to a “Frybread Feast,” a meal made up of foods representing several indigenous cultures. Our main dish is the iconic Frybread Taco.
The church is hoping for generous donations to support the work of the organization Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery.
Mennonites are celebrating a milestone–500 years of Anabaptism, the theological framework of their faith. The Doctrine of Discovery is a papal bull from the 1400s that was used to justify the theft of Indigenous Lands and the ongoing genocide of Indigenous Peoples across the world.
JUNE 9 MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, June 13. The meeting will be held on the third floor of the Town Hall.
Sponsor: Superior Plus Realtors - Zac Kohli
The Twisted Whisk will be providing the breakfast. Breakfast will be served at 7 a.m.
Program begins at 7:30 a.m. Chief Noah Babcock will be presenting on how the transition from a volunteer EMS department to a full-time EMS department is going, and what we can expect going forward.
The June monthly meeting of the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will be Wednesday evening, June 11 at 7:00 p.m. at the 1899 Depot, 405 N. Spring Street, in Buckeye Park (a.k.a. Bluffton Sportsmen's Club).
Meeting topics will include a review of the recent Fred Steiner program, Bluffton History Day, committee reports and sharing time for those who bring in items to discuss.
FROM FACEBOOK__The 2nd Annual Dominic Francis Memorial Scholarship Bike & Jeep Run will be held on August 9. This event starts at the Bluffton Fallen Officer Memorial at Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main, at 10:00 a.m. KSU (Kick Stands Up) at noon.
The cost to participate is $25 per bike/Jeep and $5 per rider.
The ride ends at Findlay Moose Lodge #698, where there will be food, 50/50 drawing and raffle items.
MEDIA RELEASE__On Saturday, June 14, the Swiss Community Historical Society will host a blacksmithing demonstration by Keith Sommer, SCHS curator. This is the first of three Second Saturday events to be held at the homestead in 2025.
Blacksmithing was a once-common task at the Schumacher Homestead. Sommer will work with various blacksmith tools for hammering, punching and welding wrought iron and steel, while using a forge fire to heat the metal to “white hot” before shaping into the desired end result.
