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Bluffton Lions Club is busy in November with several events on the calendar.

The November Lions newsletter lists all the club’s coming activities. The newsletter is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

George Lehman, E.D.M., business studies division chair and director of the Collaborative MBA, will discuss “Having It Both Ways: Costa Rica as an Alternative to the Capitalism-Socialism Dichotomy” at Friday Colloquium on Nov. 18. 

The presentation is free and open to the public beginning at 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.  

Eric July, rapper and political activist, will present “Culture, Liberty and Voluntarism” for Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 in Founders Hall. This event is free and open to the public. 

The hip/hop artist and libertarian activist speaks about changing local communities by volunteering gifts, skills and arts, including through social media. 

Kevin Gratz (center) assists Greg Denecker, auctioneer, and Mark Alliman (holding the auction item) during the Nov. 2 Bluffton Lions Club Foundation Dare to Dream auction. The event at Sycamore Lake Winery had proceeds directed to Lions projects including the Bluffton Pedestrian and Bike Pathway. Below is a view from the front of the auction stage.

Flyer attached shows all special offers available to shoppers

Bluffton downtown merchants invite early holiday shoppers to downtown on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5 for Bluffton’s downtown Christmas open house.

Ten Main Street businesses participate in the open house, coordinated by Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs in cooperation with the downtown merchants.

Earlier this week, 3650 green holiday open house flyers were mailed to all postal patrons in Bluffton and Pandora.

A PRINTER-FRIENDLY COPY OF THE MAILER IS AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Running unopposed for Allen County Engineer

Bluffton resident Brion Rhodes will be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot as he seeks election as Allen County engineer.

Rhodes was appointed to the position is in August of 2015. This is the first time he has been on the ballot for the position. He is running as a Republican and is unopposed.

He is a Bluffton High School and Ohio Northern University graduate. In addition, he is a registered professional engineer and registered professional surveyor.

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