The downtown Bluffton scarecrow decorating contest is back. Scarecrow creations need to be up by Friday, October 3 to be included in the competition. Contact Liz Gordon-Hancock at [email protected] to enter this year's contest.
Any organization or business is encouraged to adopt a lamp post on downtown Main Street and put up a scarecrow or other three-dimensional, family-friendly, fall-themed figure.
The Bluffton Board of Education held its monthly meeting on September 15 in the Elementary School Media Center. Board action included approving a $1.26M bid for constructing an (artificial) turf field next to the elementary school playground.
The bid was made through a joint purchasing program, The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS). Maumee Bay Turf, Inc. submitted a bid for $1,263,780. Construction is set to begin in mid-October.
FROM FACEBOOK__On Friday, October 10, 2025 at 3:00 p.m., the Quarry Farm Nature Preserve will host the Great Fall Sketch Mob at 14321 Road 7L, Pandora.
The hosts explain, "There is a current movement called the Urban Sketch Mob. Instead of people randomly dancing and singing together in train stations, shopping centers, etc., one person sits down with a sketch book and others join in until there is a whole studio.
MEDIA RELEASE__Pandora-Gilboa High School will celebrate Homecoming on Friday, September 26 including the crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen at 6:20 p.m.
The 2025 Homecoming Court includes the following members: Freshmen
Josie Gerding
Jett Diller
The Board of Zoning & Building Appeals will meet at 6:00 p.m on Monday, September 22 at Bluffton Town Hall. The item under consideration is a variance request for off-street parking for a property at 126 N. Jackson St. where an office is being converted to an apartment.
This meeting is a followup to a September 15 public hearing.
FROM FACEBOOK__The Bluffton-Pandora Garden Club will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 18 at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St.
The new program topic is "Foraging Wild Food, Forest Bathing, and the Sensory Experience of Nature." Doreen Martin, a certified natural mindfulness guide, from the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District is the presenter.
Garden club programs are all free and open to the public.
