FROM FACEBOOK__Music at the Gazebo coordinator Erik Reneker has announced: "We have decided to cancel the remainder of the Gazebo Concerts for 2025. The cooler evenings have greatly reduced the number of spectators.
"We will begin looking for bands to play the Gazebo Concert series for 2026 in January. The series will be from June - August."
Two dates were remaining on the schedule, September 11 and 25.
The gazebo is located on the lawn of Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 N. Main St.
"Ring! Ring! Ring!"
"Hello. Who's calling, please?"
"Hi! It's the year 1991--when this public corded telephone was installed in the lobby of the Freed Center for the Performing Arts!"
Editor's note: Does Bluffton have any surviving pay phones? Email [email protected] if you have a tip.
It’s my fourth anniversary as editor-owner of Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon. I chuckle to recall that I set out with a plan to learn news in year one and advertising in year two. Writing a news story has certainly come easier than tackling QuickBooks Online.
The Bluffton Public Library will host the following events and activities during the week of September 8-13. For further details and dates, visit www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org/library-events.
Allen County Public Health is providing flu and high dose flu shots for those over 65 years of age at a special event at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St on September 22, from 9-10:30 a.m.
Please bring an insurance card. This is a walk-in event.
Have questions? Talk with an Allen Public Health nurse at 419-228-4457, ext. 110.
Happy Monday, Blufftonites! Here are BlufftonIcon.com's top stories from the week that was, September 1-7. For a chronological look at all September to date, visit blufftonicon.com/archive.