Events

The Swiss Community Historical Society will reschedule “Christmas at the Homestead” on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 1 to 7 p.m. 

The holiday open house event was cancelled in December due to weather. The public is invited to tour the decorated house while snacking on homemade treats and listening to songs of the season.

Guests can watch bread being baked in the fireplace oven,  hand dip a candle, play a game of checkers, shop in the gift shop and chat with staff about the history of the house and typical life in the 1840’s.

Bluffton Senior Citizens will hold their traditional evening monthly dinner meeting at noon in January. The meeting is at noon, Monday, Jan. 13, at the center. For a complete list of January senior citizen events, open the printer-friendly attachment at the bottom of this story. It is a copy of the January center newsletter

The Swiss Community Historical Society will reschedule “Christmas at the Homestead” on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 1 to 7 p.m. 

The holiday open house event was cancelled in December due to weather. The public is invited to tour the decorated house while snacking on homemade treats and listening to songs of the season. 

Guests can watch bread being baked in the fireplace oven, hand dip a candle, play a game of checkers, shop in the gift shop and chat with staff about the history of the house and typical life in the 1840s.

Join Bluffton-Pandora's oldest tradition at 5 p.m. on New Year's Eve. New year's carolers will sing David Rothen's carols in German at Mennonite Memorial Home. Following caroling at MMH the singers will go to Maple Crest. This is a program of the Swiss Community Historical Society and the public is invited to participate.

By Fred Steiner
To best understand our community, it's helpful to appreciate the musical gene of those who carry a Bluffton birthmark.

Bluffton Elementary Christmas Concert
(This concert was originally scheduled for Dec. 9 but was changed to Dec. 16 due to school being cancelled on Dec. 9)

 

Monday, December 16, 2013  1:30 p.m. 
High School Gymnasium 

Bluffton Area Relay for Life is raffling off a 32-inch Element flat screen TV. The drawing is Thursday, Dec. 19. Tickets are $3 each or two for $5 with all proceeds go to Bluffton Relay for Life.

Tickets available at Polished, Chase, and Village Cut & Curl or you may call Lynda Best 419-296-2790.

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