In a culinary battle, Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn Co. associates are at it again.
On Saturday, Sept. 12, five new popcorn flavors will lure customers into the 117 S. Main St., Bluffton store. Saturday’s store hours are 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
During store hours customers may take home a goodie bagd with each of the samples, free in any purchase. Customers may also vote online. The winning flavor will be October’s flavor of the month.
A Main Street "event in the alley" takes place today (Wednesday, Sept. 9) from 5 to 7 p.m.
Open to the public, with masks required, it takes place in the Main Street alley between Roots, 111 S. Main St., and Edward Jones, 107 S. Main St.,
Sponsored by Roots by Strattons, other businesses participating include The Food Store and Greenhouse, Twisted Whisk Cafe and Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn.
The event includes entertainment by folk singer Dave Woodring, who will perform music of Johnny Cash, Ray Charles and others.
Traditionally, the fourth Saturday in September is a time to get out and attend the Bluffton Fall Festival.
This year however, the Fall Festival has been suspended due to Coronavirus concerns.
So this means the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Home Service Group will not sell homemade food, or host a bake sale or auction at Mennonite Home this year.
In place of that, the Service Group will hold a Bubba C. BBQ chicken barbecue.
Bluffton merchants are hosting the second Discovery Day of the summer on Saturday, Aug. 22. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., more than a dozen shops will have special offers and sales.
“Our downtown merchants are very collaborative,” says Paula Scott, CEO of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. “They have coordinated Discovery Days to showcase our shops and provide an extra special day for shoppers, including Bluffton University students who have just returned to town."
