Add to your list a visit to the Suter Produce
corn maze,
cider press,
hayride,
pick your own pumpkin,
cider slushies,
kettle corn donuts…and, don't forget,
four acres of pick your own sunflowers.
New this year, the four-acre u-pick sunflower patch features over 20 varieties of flowers and thousands of blooms to select from.
The sunflowers are next to the pumpkin patch, so a hayride takes visitors to both locations.
There's still time to purchase some bargains at the Bluffton Friends of the Library fall book sale. The sale is open Friday until 5 p.m. Saturday hours are 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale is in the lower level of the Public Library.
The President’s Office at Bluffton University invites the community to join Beaver Tail-Gating before this week’s game against Franklin College on Saturday, Sept. 21. Tailgating starts at 10 a.m., with the game following at 1:30 p.m.
Tailgating tents have already been sold, but all guests are welcome to interact in the tailgating area, play cornhole and enjoy snacks.
Carol A. Shapter, 74, died Sept. 19, 2019, at Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay. She was born July 24, 1945, in Columbus, Ohio, to the late Robert and Lemoyne (Lochner) Crail. On July 29, 1967, she married James Shapter who survives in Bluffton.
Carol graduated from Lima Senior High School in 1963. She started working in 1965 for Auto Owner's Insurance in Lima and retired in 2004 where she was a senior underwriter. Carol had been a paramedic at Elida Fire and Rescue. She was an avid quilter and belonged to various quilting guilds.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls tennis team lost 4-1 to visiting Van Wert Thursday evening.
The Lady Pirate netters drop to 8-6 with the defeat.
Senior Erin Hotmire posted the lone Bluffton win at first singles. The Pirate ace cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Grace Lott to improve to 13-3 this season.
Pirate junior Olivia Barnes lost a tough match at second singles by a 6-4, 7-5 score.
Bluffton plays at Archbold Saturday, September 21 at 11 a.m.
By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Bluffton Farmers Market is the place to be on Saturday mornings in town. According to the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, our town "boasts the best farmers market in northwest Ohio."
In celebration of our small but mighty farmers market, the Icon will be featuring a market vendor each week over the course of the summer.
