Events

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Two community meals are planned in October at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.

 

The meals are:

• Thursday, Oct. 6, provided by Bluffton Lions Club

• Thursday, Oct. 19, provided by St. John’s United Church of Christ

 

Meals are at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Donations to the Bluffton food pantry are accepted.

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Gardeners of the Bluffton Pandora Area will focus on tree bark identification at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3, meeting in the Bluffton Public Library.

A naturalist from the Johnny Appleseed Park System will present the program, which is open to the public.

The club’s recent newsletter, with additional club information, is attached.

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Bluffton's trick-or-treat night is set, according to Judy Augsburger, Blufffton mayor.

 Bluffton's night is from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26.

Ada steel drum band performs at Maple Crest during Fall Festival

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WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW -
If you enjoy the sounds of steel drum bands, you'll want to hear a free performance by The Wild Steelions on Saturday at Maple Crest.

The performance is part of Saturdays' town-wide Fall Festival. The Steelions are a group of Ada school musicians. They performed last Saturday at the Ada Harvest and Herb Festival. The Icon filmed one of their performances and it is included in a video below this story.

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One of the fun parts of homecoming week in Bluffton is theme dress up day. Here’s the dress up themes this week at Bluffton High School.

Monday – Decades (pick your favorite and dress the part)
Tuesday – DC vs. Marvel comics
Wednesday – Hollywood
Thursday – Under the Sea
Friday – Pirate day

Groups are still invited to participate in the Friday homecoming parade. The parade forms at the Centre at 5 p.m. and passes down Main Street to Harmon Field at 5:30 p.m.

Transition Bluffton presentation Tuesday evening

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Transition Bluffton will host a presentation on invasive plant species at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St.

Botanist Bob Antibus will talk and take questions about invasive plants in northwest Ohio. The event is free and open to the public.

Invasive plants are non-native species that can threaten our natural resources. Problems caused by invasive plants include crowding out of native Ohio plants, loss of suitable foods for area wildlife, and less plant diversity.

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