The Blaze of Lights is more than just a one-day event. In addition to the events taking place on Nov. 24, it includes these elements that continue nightly through Jan. 1:
• the Ream folk art holiday display
• the Gift of Giving light show extravaganza
• Bluffton Main Street business district Christmas window displays
• a tour of Bluffton’s residential yard lighting
Bluffton Hospital has been named one of only 44 inpatient hospitals in the United States, and one of only six hospitals in Ohio, to receive the 2012 Press Ganey Summit Award for patient satisfaction. Bluffton is the only non-profit critical access acute care hospital in the nation to have received this award for four consecutive years.
Once a year a camel appears on the lawn of the Bluffton Post Office. Although the dromedary is better known for desert climes, Bluffton's camel is a Christmas camel. On the home page is a close up of the camel's eye.
We'll simply guess on this one...the driver is a twin born on Feb. 25. What do you think? It's an Allen County plate. The Icon saw this earlier this month in Bluffton.
COSI (Center of Science and Industry) brought its traveling program Exploring Ecology on Nov. 14. This interactive program stimulates the imaginations of the next generation of scientists.
Exploring Ecology is one of six traveling science outreach programs from COSI- one of the nation’s leading science centers.
