Bluffton’s family-friendly 14th annual Fall Festival is Saturday, Sept. 23. Activities are in six locations throughout the community with most taking place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. As in past festivals, bus transportation is available between all locations at scheduled intervals.
Meet this year’s Bluffton High School homecoming court. These students will be in the homecoming parade Friday night and will be introduced in a pre-game ceremony on the football field. The king and queen will be announced at that time.
Bluffton University students who participated in a cross-cultural experience last spring will speak during campus Forums at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Yoder Recital Hall. The presentations are free and open to the public.
Students who traveled to Bolivia, Chicago and Botswana will recount their experiences in the morning while students who traveled to China, Trinidad and Kentucky will share their experiences in the evening.
Transition Bluffton will host a presentation on invasive plant species at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St.
Botanist Bob Antibus will talk and take questions about invasive plants in northwest Ohio. The event is free and open to the public.
Invasive plants are non-native species that can threaten our natural resources. Problems caused by invasive plants include crowding out of native Ohio plants, loss of suitable foods for area wildlife, and less plant diversity.
