Plans for the year’s Bluffton Blaze of Lights are underway. This year’s 28th annual Thanksgiving weekend event is Saturday, Nov. 29, using the theme “Happy Holidays!”
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The Blaze is an event sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. Fred Steiner, chamber director, said, “Most people think of the Blaze as a one-evening event. It’s really the entire holiday season because several events take place until New Years.”
The Bluffton community’s 11th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 27, according to Daren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, who coordinates the festival.
The Icon challenges any community organization to schedule more events in one month that the Bluffton Senior Citizens.
Their October calendar if full and here are some of the highlights:
October’s dinner meeting is at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 13. Ann Boyd will present a program on “A Slice of Life,” which includes a close look at Italian herbs and their health benefits. She’ll bring samples to show.
Tickets are $7 and must be purchased by Wednesday, Oct. 8. Carolyn Green is the master of ceremonies and Mary Hofstetter and friends are the hostesses.
Nerf bullets were flying Friday after school in the old baseball diamond area at Bluffton University. The event raised $1,230 for the Drew Rayle Memorial Fund.
Game inventor, Jamie Nygaard, explains the game this way: "Pipe gun wars is a game that Christian (Jamie's husband) and I made up with our boys.
