In an effort to promote shopping close to home, the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce held the first of several breakfast meetings with downtown business owners on Feb. 28.
Nearly 30 chamber members representing almost 20 downtown Bluffton businesses met at Jeanne's Kitchen and discussed a several ideas for downtown promotions.
Lead by Aphaphanh Nussbaum of Ten Thousand Villages and Julie Stratton of The Black Lab, the group agreed to meet again at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 27, at Jeanne's to further the discussion and create more concrete.
Pandora United Methodist Church will hold a chicken barbecue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, March 18. The event is at the church, 109 E. Washington St., Pandora.
Tickets are $7.50 per person (dine-in or carry-out). For ticket information, call 419-384-3782. Some tickets will be available at the door.
Icon viewers are in for a rare site in the sky on the evening of March 1. For the first time in nearly a decade, sky-watchers will be able to see all five naked-eye planets over the course of one night for several nights in a row.
The classical naked-eye planets-Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn-can be seen easily without optical aids and so have been known since ancient times.
But the quintet hasn't appeared together during a single night since 2004.
According to Susie and Steve Stratton of Stratton Greenhouses, "This will be the sixth year for providing the potted plants on Main Street. We appreciate providing this service to the community and have received countless comments about how the plants make the downtown more attractive. We hope this year that once again, interested community members can assure that this beautification program continues."
