Bluffton Public Library has announced the December program schedule. Programs are open to the public; some require registration. To register, call 419-358-5016, stop at the front desk, e-mail [email protected], or comment on the library’s Facebook page.
The stage is set for the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Blaze of Lights. This year’s event, the 28th annual Blaze, begins Saturday, Nov. 29, in downtown Bluffton. Here is the up-to-the-minute Blaze information.
Nov. 29 schedule
4:00 p.m. – Ice carving exhibition by Chad Hartson 4:00 p.m. - Food booths will open
4:00 p.m. – Parade line up on Snider Road
5:00 p.m. – Parade
BFR Sports & Fitness is conducting a used shoe collection drive Dec. 1 through Jan. 31.
The project helps raise operating funds while benefiting microenterprise ventures in developing nations and keeping old shoes out of local landfills, according to Carole Enneking of BFR.
People can droppoff used shoes at the BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.
The annual Texas Roadhouse Restaurant holiday fundraiser is now underway
at BFR Sports & Fitness. Gift Cards with values of $15, $25, and $50 are
on hand in limited supply; large orders can be handled on a pre-paid basis
and picked up at the Bluffton facility.
BFR receives 10% of the total value of sales; gift card purchases at the Lima store can also be applied to BFR’s fundraiser. Cards will be available through December 23, 2014.
The cards may be used at any Texas Roadhouse restaurant in the United States.
Those freezing temperatures earlier this month blossomed into temperatures in the 50s and 60s in the past seven days.
Here’s the November weather summary as of Nov. 24 from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. The information is in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
December is a busy time at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
This month's dinner meeting is at 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 8. It is free to members, but registration is required by Dec. 3. The meal is catered by Richland Manor and the program is Bingo.
During November and December, the Center is open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon.
Bridge Home Health and Hospice will present a program "Stress from the Holidays." The program is Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 12:30 p.m. A potluck lunch takes place at noon. The program is open to the public.
