A collection of family and individual portraits from the 1950s to 1970s taken by long-time Bluffton photographer, Leland Gerber, is on display in the third floor gallery at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.
Gerber owned a photo studio on South Main Street, Bluffton, during the 1950s-70s era. Most class photos of Bluffton elementary students from this era were taken by Gerber.
Tim and Pat Boutwell have opened a new business that offers heated vehicle storage in Bluffton.
The facility is provided by Marsh Run Properties, LLC, owned by the Boutwells. The storage is located at 906 N. Main St., next door to Masterpiece Signs and Graphics, Inc.
Boutwells said that they saw a need for winter storage of vehicles, motorcycles, boats and other large vehicles that need to be stored in a heated area.
A spaghetti benefit meal is planned from 4 to 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, for former Bluffton resident Tim Bame. Tim, his wife, Julie, and their two children, Christian, 17, and Hillarie, 14, were Bluffton residents for seven years.
The benefit takes place at Southside Christian Church, 3300 S. Side Dr., Lima. Tickets are $10 per person. Persons interested in attending may RSVP on Facebook. (Tim Bame Spaghetti Dinner Benefit)
Bluffton welcomes Icon viewers to a weekend Bluffton Downtown Christmas Open Houses. Nearly a dozen Main Street businesses offer special holiday sales. An attachment to this story provides more details and offers coupons.
The open houses vary from Thursday through Saturday. Each business has special hours listed below
Lots of Halloweeners participated in BFR Sports and Fitness Halloween party in late October. Sixty-five contestants participated and a crowd of over 150 persons attended. Here are the costume winners, according to Carole Enneking.
Fall is here. Bluffton village crews are current sweeping leaves from curbs. According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, “The crew starts on one side of town and works its way to the other before starting the process again. With both residents and mother nature providing ample piles of leaves over the past week, it can easily take a number of days to make one pass through town.”
Mehaffie provided the leaf pick up progress and several other matters to council members on Monday, Nov. 3.
Here's the Bluffton College Student Senate 90 academic years ago. The Senate members in 1924-25 were Elmer Yoder, president; Lorena Birkey, vice president; Edith Steiner, secretary-treasurer, Stanley Lehman and Jesse Augspurger.
OPEN at 8:00 a.m.
Tuesday-Friday mornings, we are open at 8:00 a.m. and serve breakfast all day. We have daily breakfast specials as well as lunch specials.
LUNCH SPECIALS
November 4-7
TUESDAY
Pete's homemade Italian chili
Election Day beef stew with side salad
Salisbury meatloaf and potatoes
Apple spinach salad
The Bluffton University Nutrition Association’s annual spaghetti dinner to benefit the Lima-based Churches United Food Pantry (C.U.P.) will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at First Mennonite Church, 101 S. Jackson St., Bluffton.
Nonperishable food items will be accepted, as will cash and checks made payable to C.U.P. In addition to spaghetti, the menu for the dinner includes bread, salad, dessert and refreshments.
