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Among the many events listed in the monthly newsletter from the Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., is the September dinner meeting for members. For a look at the full list of events and opportunities, click HERE.

TIME: Monday, September 12, 6:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bluffton Senior Center

  • 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 10
  • Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 105 Allen St., Jenera

A free Chili Cook-off will be held at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and School parking lot on Saturday, September 10.

Guests may sample as many of the special chili recipes as they wish and vote for their favorite. The usual chili accompaniments will be available. 

Also scheduled is a bonfire with s'mores and hotdogs as well as cornhole games. 

This mesh seed holder apparently delighted these three finches, feeding in a Bluffton yard. Helping birds is also the subject of a Sept. 6 garden club meeting at Bluffton Public Library. PHOTO by Fred Steiner.

Bluffton University welcomed its 123rd class of students as official members of the campus community during Opening Convocation on August 30.

“Our faculty and staff commit to serve as your teachers and guides this year and in the years to come,” explained President Jane Wood. “We join with you in this journey of knowledge and, together, we all stand as mutual learners in this community of respect.”

During Convocation, 2006 Bluffton graduate Bethny Ricks shared “Mirror, Mirror.”

From Rebecca Cox, Bluffton

Thank you to our wonderful Bluffton Public Library for their Take and Make projects, sharing ideas and kids crafts/projects throughout the pandemic!! The spring plants you shared continue to bring smiles well into fall.  Thank you!

The Icon is taking a holiday on Labor Day and we hope you can, too. This May 1939 photograph shows workers in the Triplett Electrical Instrument Company office. The photo is from the Bluffton Public Library digital archive

 

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