It's Christmas at missElaineous, Bluffton's QVC store, 417 N. Main St. The store is stocked with lots of Christmas items including:
o Bethlehem Lights Christmas trees, swags and centerpieces,
o Holiday decore by Valeria Paettill,
o Christmas ornaments,
o Battery-operated twigs,
o Battery operated garland, and more to come.
The business phone number is 419-358-0001.
"It's a small world!" That well-known sentiment was proven true, once again, as Maple Crest, Bluffton, residents gathered for an organ hymn sing with Janice Shields.
Shields had barely been introduced when she realized that one of the residents had been her neighbor and school mate when they were children in Columbus Grove.
She stated her maiden name, Bryan, and immediately Jack McCullough remembered her, and jumped into a lively conversation with her, teasing her with the comment "You got older!"
Bluffton's next American Red Cross blood drive is Thursday, Aug. 2, from noon until 6 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the Large Room, located at 160 N. Spring St.
How to Donate Blood
To schedule an appointment to donate please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org for more information. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental permission in Indiana and Ohio), meet weight and height requirements (110 pounds or more, depending on their height) and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood.
So much to do! Here's Allen County events taking place in August. This list is provided by the Lima/Allen County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Happy Daz Cruise-Ins @ Happy Daz, Elida Road
August 1: Metropark Discoverers-Wet & Wild @ Ottawa Metro Park
August 2: Toast to the City @ Downtown Lima
August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Farmers Market-St. Rita's @ St. Rita's Medical Center
August 3: Stargazing with Lima Astronomical Society @ Schoonover Observatory
Krysti's Music Studio students present their annual performathon fundraiser for Bluffton-Pandora Campus Life/YFC later this month, according to Krysti Schey.
The event is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Bluffton Campus Life building, 111 W. College Ave., Bluffton. Persons attending may come and go as they like.
Who doesn't like a parade? The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce Blaze of Lights Committee invites Icon viewers, area businesseses, churches, service organizations, to consider entering this year's Blaze of Lights parade.
Over 200 parade invitations are going out this week to area organizations, according to Junior Weihrauch of Arlington, the Blaze parade chairperson. Last year's parade had nearly 85 entries. Weihrauch says that he hopes for a 100-unit parade this year.
This year's Blaze theme is "A Victorian Christmas."
