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The student for the month of September at Bluffton High School is Nicole Edelbrock who is the daughter of Brian and Teresa Edelbrock of Bluffton. Nicole is a senior this year and carries a 4.000 GPA.

Nicole is a member of the Bluffton Flag Corps team where they took 2nd place at the Allen County fair competition this year as a full group and as feature flags. She is in Art Club and is a member of the Buccaneer Yearbook committee.

The weather was perfect and the crowds huge. You couldn't ask for more. Bluffton unrolled its red carpet to visitors on Saturday. This year's Bluffton's Fall Festival was a big hit.

Events took place at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton Family Recreation, Maple Crest, Bluffton Hospital, Farmers' Market downtown and the Swiss Community homestead.

With so many photo possibilities, the Icon will spread out its coverage of the weekend.

Below are photos from:
• Mennonite Memorial Home
• Bluffton Family Recreation
• Bluffton Hospital

The Bluffton community’s 12th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 26, according to Daren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, who coordinates the festival.

Here’s the schedule:

The Bluffton Schools will hold a district-wide open house on Monday, September 28. The elementary school will be open from 6-7 p.m., the middle school from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and the high school from 7-8 p.m.

Several community organizations will have booths set-up in the elementary gymnasium and information will be available on ways to provide support to the school and community.

All parents and community members are invited to this open house event to meet staff members, observe facilities, and learn more about the educational opportunities available to Bluffton students.

Bluffton's has its share of 15 minutes of fame. Here's another: This month's issue of Ohio magazine.

The September includes a six-page spread on Bluffton University and the community.

The multi-page feature is part of the magazine's Ohio College Tours series. The September issue features Kent State University and Miami University, in addition to Bluffton.

Tiffany Luckey wrote the story for the magazine and Joshua A. Bickel took the photos. The feature includes 11 photos of campus and community.

The Bluffton community’s 12th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 26, according to Daren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, who coordinates the festival.

Here’s the schedule:

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