Fall festival update: here's what's happening at MMH and Maple Crest
The Bluffton community’s 16th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Each day this week the Icon features one of the locations in the festival.
Here's what's happening at Mennonite Memorial Home
410 W. Elm St.
• A silent auction is now underway at the Mennonite Memorial Home.It continues until noon on Saturday.
• A bake sale is Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
• On Saturday is a food tent, crafts with Hilty Preschool and Child Care, S’mores with Bluffton/Pandora Campus Life, M&R Plumbing Putt-Putt, kiddie train, face painting, straw dig, fun photo booth, maple syrup and Lawn Jenga
At Maple Crest Senior Living Village
700 Maple Crest Ct.
• 10th annual antique tractor show
• music by The Standard Time Jazz Quintet, 11 – 11:45 a.m. and 1 – 1:45 p.m.
• Kiddie tractor pull, registration 12:30-1:00 p.m., pull starts 1 p.m.
• Fishing derby (bait and poles provided), 2-3 p.m.
Food for sale
• Wooden tractors/toys for sale.
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Friday, August 22, 2025
Thursday, August 21, 2025
- Cheryl Anise Pingle worked at Dayspring Church
- Lima Highway Patrol OVI checkpoint August 22
- Pirate VB sweeps Rockets
- Pirate boys drop golf tri
- Bluffton Board of Education hears neighbor comments on practice field, approves Lawn Ave. plan
- United Way of Greater Lima holds 9th annual Day of Caring on Sept. 5
- Village of Beaverdam announces committee meetings
- An amazing sign of fall 2025
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- If You Could Read My Mind: GLP-1s and memory
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
- Village of Bluffton reminder of electric aggregation provider, solicitor permit requirements
- Previews of Bluffton Senior Center trips for 2026
- English Lutheran Church to provide Community Meal, August 21
- Welcome back to Bluffton Beavers
- Pirate football reloads for run at NWC crown
- Pirate volleyball swept by Shawnee
- Pirate girls golf loss to Fort Loramie
- Pirate girls tennis edged by Spartans
- Made In Ada Wilson Football Festival kicks of season August 23