Joan Colleen Dailey, 92, passed away June 12, 2022 at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. Jo was born June 13, 1929 in Bluffton to the late Hiram and Martha (Augsburger) Burkholder. On July 17, 1949 she married James Dailey who preceded her in death on February 20, 2014.
Planning for the Bluffton Fall Festival–the biggest event in Bluffton geographically speaking–has started. September 24, 2022 is the date.
Fall Festival has been an area attraction since 2004 and always includes plenty of free fun for families including an antique tractor show, inflatables, farm animals, face painting, etc.
Purchases and fees have included food and drinks, as well as crafts.
The Village of Bluffton wants to know your ideas for “Bluffton Beyond Tomorrow.” Those engaged in the community, including residents, employees, are invited to complete an online survey HERE.
The survey is brief and uses check boxes and lists to speed up the experience. The questions aren’t hard. What do you love about Bluffton? What needs improving?
What would you prioritize when it comes to investing time, effort, money and land?
The results will help the Village of Bluffton create a planning document that in turn will help the community apply for funding.
The survey will be distributed online and at local events. You can pass along the survey with the attached QR code or send the URL above to your friends, neighbors and family in the area.
If any school-age children in your household were up at 7:00 a.m. on June 13, you might have heard, "Aw, if we were in school, this would have been a fog delay!" On June 14 weather conditions in Bluffton are expected to include temperatures in the upper 90s.
On June 4 GROB Systems Inc. held an orientation and signing day for its newest class of apprentices. Forty-one apprentices and their families were invited to the Bluffton manufacturing plant event at 1070 Navajo Dr. The event prepared them for their first day of work on June 13 and gave everyone a chance to tour the facility where GROB produces universal (5-axis) machining centers that are used by high-precision industries including automotive, medical, aerospace, mold and die.
Few residents are aware that a Bluffton church features four of the most unusual emblems ever seen in a church window anywhere.
As a serious student of this community’s church windows, Bluffton Forever believes that the most intriguing, most beautiful and most ornate windows in the village exist in the First United Methodist Church.
