The next Bluffton Cars and Coffee event is Saturday, Sept. 28, at Masterpiece Signs, 902 N. Main St.
The event is an “informal gathering for enthusiasts and their cars," said Tim Boutwell. The monthly cars and coffee event continues through October. It is always held on the fourth Saturday of the month.
Each event is from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the following Saturdays: Sept. 28 and Oct. 26.
By Joseph Watkins, sports information assistant
The Bluffton University football team hosted Franklin College for its first of two matchups with the Grizzlies this season on a warm Saturday, Sept. 21. The Grizzly defense came up with a huge turnover late in the fourth quarter that would help seal the 34-19 victory over the Beavers.
After 13-plus minutes of scoreless football in the first stanza, Franklin would get on the board first when Austin Grunden rumbled in for a 9-yard touchdown to put the Grizzlies up 7-0 with 1:16 remaining in the first quarter.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - No it was not a basketball game, but the final score might lead one to think that as visiting Bluffton defeated rival Ada 70-50 in a record-setting Northwest Conference football opening marathon on a warm Friday night.
Pirate senior fullback Tucker Neff rushed for a school single-game record of 316 yards. He eclipsed the previous Bluffton mark of 309 yards set by Josh Falk at Ada in 2009.
Bluffton Public Library announced its October programming, which follows:
“Planting Garlic,” presented by Ray Person, Jr. and hosted by the Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area, is on the library’s lower level on Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. This program is free and open to the public. Register through the library to help us prepare accordingly.
Join Bluffton author and poet, Ruth Naylor on Oct. 8 at 6:30 p.m. for an Author Visit at Bluffton Public Library.
St. Mary's Christian Preschool opened this fall at St. Mary's Catholic Church. There's still time to enroll youth ages 3 to 5. A morning class is from 8:15 to 11:15 a.m. and an afternoon class is from 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Contact the church for details at 160 N. Spring St., 419-358-8631.
