The Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary will be offering delicious double dipped, holiday-themed chocolate covered pretzel rods, called Blazing Rods, during the Bluffton Blaze of Lights on Saturday, Nov. 26.
Blazing Rods will be available at a suggested donation cost of three for $5, and can be purchased outside the Black Lab in downtown Bluffton.
All proceeds benefit the new Women’s Center of Bluffton Hospital.
Participants in the fifth annual Giving Tuesday—a global initiative to encourage charitable giving amid holiday consumerism—can, for the third year, direct their generosity to Bluffton University on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
Pandora United Methodist Church will hold a free community meal on Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 5:30-7 pm. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora.
The meal this month is provided by The First National Bank of Pandora. The menu is shredded chicken sandwich, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, assorted desserts and beverage.
Bluffton Family Recreation is now accept teams for three holiday soccer tournaments.
Here's holiday soccer tourney schedule:
• High school boys’ tournament is Saturday, Dec. 17
• Adult open tournament is Sunday, Dec. 18
• High school coed tournament is Wednesday, Dec. 21
Contact BFR for details at 419-358-4150 or register online at www.bfronline.net
A rash of thefts and burglaries in Bluffton since early June is changing some of our small-town lifestyle patterns.
Those changes have caused residents, who haven't done so in the past, to start locking house doors, car doors and outbuilding doors.
According to Bluffton Police Chief Ryan Burkholder, “The uptick in crime is disconcerting to residents and police,” indicating that a growing drug problem is a reality in Bluffton.
Burkholder says the Bluffton police are as proactive as the force can be as a result of the situation.
