Bluffton Senior Citizen Center, 132 N. Main St., has a full calendar of events for October, according to Tonya Meyer, director.
THE COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS IS IN THE OCTOBER NEWSLETTER – ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
AARP hosts a voter issue forum from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 17. The program includes a non-partisan discussion of issues on the mid-term election. It is open to the public.
Bluffton’s Lions Way Bentley Road Pathway had it christening on Tuesday. The celebration recognized the .9 mile extension of the pathway project, now it its ninth year.
The event recognizes the pathway extension from Augsburger-Elm south along Bentley Road to the bridge near Kibler Street.
Prior to the Bentley pathway's existence, this heavily foot-trafficked road had no sidewalk or designation for non-vehicular traffic.
Bluffton elementary school is one of only 16 schools in Ohio to receive a National Blue Ribbon Award, presented by the U.S. Department of Education, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.
Only 349 schools (300 public, 49 private) nationwide received the award out of 130,000 schools in the United States.
The award is for Exemplary High Performing achievement on assessments.
For the second year Bluffton is among recipients of honors in the 2018 America in Bloom National Awards program.
Awards were announced Sept. 29 in Lexington, Kentucky.
Bluffton is winner of the outstanding achievement award for flowers. Judges scored Bluffton a 6-star rating out of a possible 10 stars and received special recognition for its flowers.
