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Village Cut & Curl and friends are selling tickets for a 42-inch Vizio flat screen TV for relay for life. Tickets are $3 each or two for $5. tickets available at Village Cut & Curl, Nails by Joan or call Jeanie Ream 419-358-7613. Drawing will be Dec. 16.

The 2012 Bluffton, Beaverdam and Richland Township United Way drive is official underway.

Residential visitation took place Tuesday evening. This year's goal is $23,000. Allocations follow:

The first planning meeting for the 2012 Bluffton's Relay for Life is planned in early October.

The meeting is at 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Bluffton town hall. Committees will meet at 6 p.m. and team meetings are at 7 p.m.

Adam Blevins of Lima, American Cancer Society staff partner, is the new American Cancer Society contact person for the Bluffton event.

Persons wanting to contact Blevins may do so by calling 888-227-6446, extension 5207, or e-mail at: [email protected].

Flu shots will be available in Bluffton on Thursday, Oct. 13, according to the Allen County Health Department. Shot are available for persons 6 months and older.

Shots will be given at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center from 9-10:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 13.

Shots will also be given in Lima at the health department Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8-0 a.m. and from 3-4 p.m. beginning Sept. 21.

Bluffton celebrates the arrival of fall at its eighth annual Fall Festival, Saturday, Sept. 24.

The festival includes activities at seven different locations. Here's information about the day:

Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., is the hub for all free transportation. Persons attending events are encouraged to park at one of the venues and grab the free horse and wagon rides, or the buses that travel to all locations.

The buses arrive and depart every 15 minutes from Maple Crest, Swiss Homestead, Suter's Corn Maze, Downtown and the Mennonite Home.

Women's Entrepreneurial Network (WEN) will hold its monthly Bluffton meeting at 11:30 a.m., Monday, Sept. 19, in Jeanne's Kitchen.

WEN is an organization for women and men interested in networking with other entrepreneurials. The meeting is open to all interested persons. WEN is a member of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.

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