Mustard Seed Café, 562 N. Main St. Bluffton, offers an Autumn Wine Tasting Event during dinner service this week, in addition to the regular menu. There will be a Four-Course Dinner with Four Tasting Pairings:
APPETIZER
Mini Antipasto Plate paired with
Firelands Pinot Grigio
SOUP
Italian Minestrone paired with
Castro Cellars White Zinfandel
ENTREE
Italian Drunken Noodles paired with
Fatoria Rodano Poggialupi
Blanchard Valley Hospital was honored with an “A” grade in the Fall 2014 Hospital Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, injuries and infections. The Hospital Safety Score is compiled under the guidance of the nation’s leading experts on patient safety and is administered by The Leapfrog Group, an independent industry watchdog.
New Leaf Landscape/Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, will hold its Christmas open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15.
The event includes a Christmas decorating demonstration from 10 to 11 a.m. There are open house specials, refreshments and door prizes.
This season New Leaf offers:
• Country and rustic decorations
• Burlap trees and decor
• Artificial trees and greenery
• Chocolate cluster candy
• Cemetery saddles and wreaths
• Poinsettia and Christmas cactus
The Swiss Community Historical Society will share its expansion plans with Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members during the Friday, Nov. 14, chamber breakfast.
Breakfast serving is from 7 to 7:30 a.m. The chamber program is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
Following the program, at 8:45 a.m. is a business roundtable with county commissioners and economic development directors from Hancock and Allen counties.
Both programs are free and open to the public and take place in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.
Groves Bears is now open, better stated, re-opened for business.
After a change in ownership, the teddy bear and antique store at 204 N. Main St., has officially reopened as Groves Heritage and Bear store, according to Eric DeWitt, store manager. Chris Honeyman is co-manager. The new owner is Dr. James Gideon.
In celebration of its re-opening the shop has a Steiff event on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A special Steiff program takes place at noon.
