Save these dates: 2nd Saturdays at Schumacher Homestead
June, July and August 2026
MEDIA RELEASE__Visit the Schumacher Homestead for summer events and activities from 1:00-4:00 p.m. on the 2nd Saturday of June, July and August 2026.
JUNE 13 – Tag You’re It!: Swiss Settlement games & toys
JULY 11 – Critters, Spitters, and Gallinippers, Early Swiss critters
AUGUST 8 – Theme to be announced
The first floor of the farmhouse is accessible to people with disabilities. New videos showing rooms on the upper floors have been produced with support from Visit Greater Lima. The farmhouse is air-conditioned. Bathrooms are now available in the Swiss Heritage Center.
For more updates, visit https://swisshistorical.org/
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, September 24, 2026
- Marilyn Florence (Brunn) Osting, 94, was a nurse
- Paul Richard Wingate Jr., 79, worked for the Lima Ford Engine Plant
- Ada Icon headlines, Sept. 24
- September 21 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Roundabouts celebrated for crash reduction
- Scarecrow competition for Bluffton businesses
- Hello, Goodbye: Diphenhydramine for allergies
- 5th Annual MHCO Gala will Roll Out the Red Carpet
- Funeral notice for Mary Louise Reddick
- ODNR urges caution during fall wildfire season
- Nursing student to share clinical research at First Tuesday in the Library
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
- Chamber members take a lesson from Jacomet's Martial Arts
- Proud of your pie? Sept. 26 apple pie baking contest
- Save November 6-7 for Holiday Open House
- Friends of the Library book sale, Sept. 24-26
- Pirate girls golf places 6th at sectionals
- Pirate volleyball outlasts Grove
- Bluffton tennis wins on consecutive nights
- Pirate boys soccer edged by Liberty Center