Beginning in June, and through the months of July and August, the Bluffton Pandora Swiss Community Historical Society will be open for self-guided or docent led tours every Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Schumacher Homestead.
Visitors will be able to tour the house, garden, summer kitchen, and workshop.
In addition, the barn will be open on the last Saturday of each of the three months. Public admission to the Homestead is $5 per person; however, current members of the Society and children 16 and under are admitted free.
Spring clean-up for Village of Bluffton residents begins Friday, May 19.
Dumpsters will be located in the Spring Street recycling center, 455 N. Spring, from May 19 to May 30.
Items that may not be disposed of include hazardous material (motor oil, paint, ect.), vehicle batteries and tires.
Appliances that use Freon, such as refrigerators, will not be accepted unless the item is certified that the Freon has been legally removed and disposed of.
Online registration is now open for the third annual Ride to Remember, set for Saturday, July 8, in Bluffton.
The bicycle ride offers routes from 2 miles all the way to 112 miles. Depending upon which bike route a rider takes, routes go from Bluffton through Rockport, Pandora, Gilboa, Benton Ridge, Rawson and Mt. Cory.
Registration through July 1 is $20 for an individual, $15 for the second family member and $5 for each additional family member. After July 1 registration is an additional $5 per category.
AKY 1 is one of Bluffton's longest-running unique license plates. You'll find it on a plum colored Chrysler Town and Country mini van. Its driver is Alan K. Yoder (Indiana alum).
Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, in collaboration with Bluffton Lions Club, recently donated 100 like-new children’s books to Hilty Preschool and Child Care Program at Hilty Home, Pandora.
The donation helps to celebrate the Lions Clubs International Centennial, according to Christina Walton, store manager and Bluffton Lion Club board member.
Saturday is the 46th annual arts and crafts show on Main Street. The Friends of the Library used book sale concludes, Bluffton Farmers’ Market is open in the morning and a bike rodeo for youth takes place at the Buckeye park.
And, on Saturday and Sunday is the Bluffton Soccer Club two-day tournament at Bluffton University.
