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Allen County Public Health announces the community season flu shot clinic schedule for everyone – 6 months of age and older.  

The vaccine will be available at  the Allen County Health Department: Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays: 8-9 a.m. and 3-4 p.m. or by appointment.  Appointments can be made by visiting our website (www.allencountyhealthdepartment.org)  or by phone at 419-228-4457.

The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library will hold their annual general membership meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the Richland Room of the library. 

All members are encouraged to attend, and new members are welcome. Come to find out what the Friends have been doing in the past year, and how the Friends have helped the library. 

There will be good conversation and light refreshments.

Corn is coming off the field just north of State Route 30 (see the semi in the background). After a rainy weekend fields have dried out enough for some farmers to return to their harvest.

Bluffton University will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 10-13, including a day filled with activities for alumni and the community on Saturday, Oct. 12.

The Village of Bluffton will “Deck the Halls” for this year’s Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Blaze of Lights held Saturday, Nov. 30.

This year’s event, using the “Deck the Halls” theme has many of the traditional Blaze features plus some new features.

Events begin at 4 p.m. with Chad Hartson of Napoleon, award-winner ice sculpturer, creating an ice art statue on Bluffton’s Main Street. This is Hartson’s third appearance at the Blaze.

A PARADE ENTRY FORM AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARADE ARE IN ATTACHMENTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Color, humorous and profound works by well-known Bluffton University alumnus Jack Earl are on exhibit The Grace Albrecht Gallery of the Sauder Visual Arts Center at Bluffton University now through Oct. 27. An reception with the artist is from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday in the gallery.

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