Activities are planned in many locations in the 10th annual Bluffton Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28.
The community-wide festival offers lots of family-oriented events, free and open to the public, according to Daren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, who coordinates the festival.
This reminder to students and families in the Bluffton school district from Greg Denecker, superitendent: Scheduled two-hour school delay on Tuesday, Sept. 17, for professional development ( FIP) training.
The first nine days of September weather have ranged fairly wide, according to Pandora weather observer Guy Verhoff.
Our highest temperature during that time was 91 degrees (F) on Monday, September 9 and our lowest temperature was 47 degrees (F) during the overnight of September 6.
Notably, we had very little rain in the first nine days of September. The first and second days held less than four one-hundredths of an inch of rain. And no rain has fallen since.
Lauren Osting says she always wanted to be a teacher – and open her own day care center.
As new director of the Bluffton Child Development Center, Osting says she has the best of both worlds.
Osting of Elida assumed the BCDC director position on Aug. 1, following the retirement of Mary Painter.
She graduated from the University of Toledo with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and is certified to teach pre-kindergarten to third grade.
Brauen's Gourds will hold a fall open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 7, and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 8.
The open house is at the rural residence of Don and Jody Brauen, 7140 Tom Fett Road, Bluffton. Hundreds of decorative gourds will be available for sale. The gourds are created in an assortment of themes from seasonal to sports teams.
Four major events are on the September Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce calendar.
Friday, Sept. 13, breakfast
Jay Begg, Allen County Commissioner chair, is the speaker of the first chamber breakfast of the 2013-14 season. In addition, several new persons to the Bluffton business community will be introduced at the meeting.
