Bluffton scarecrow ballot is here
Ready to vote today? A lineup of 24 entries in the 2024 Bluffton Scarecrow Contest is ready for your perusal.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce ballot is ready for you at https://www.explorebluffton.com/scarecrows. Indicate your first, second and third choices--to help avoid a tie.
Voting ends on October 31 at midnight.
The entries represent the following businesses but are not necessarily located at those businesses.
- A To Z Meats
- Ameriprise ClearCourse Wealth Advisors
- Black Lab Trading Co.
- Bluffton Family Practice (Dr. Hotmire)
- Bluffton Foot and Ankle
- Bluffton Public Library
- Citizens National Bank
- Curling Iron
- Diamond Manufacturing of Bluffton
- Dough Hook
- Edward Jones - Ryan DeMarco
- Et Cetera Shop
- Family Eye Care Clinic of Bluffton
- Fortman Insurance
- Greenhorn
- GROB
- Hair Emporium
- Langan Family Finds
- Lu Lu's Diner
- Promohits
- Roots by Strattons
- Samuel W. Diller Law Offices
- Town & Country Flowers
- Twisted Whisk Cafe
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, October 15, 2026
- DeWine announces $200M Rural Health Transformation program award
- Herb program with Marge Lafollette, Oct. 15
- Prairie seeding activity at Bluffton University, October 24
- Food for thought: Choline for the brain
- Results for 5K on October 2, Bluffton University Homecoming event
- 15 minutes with Sherry Miller, senior center activities coordinator
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 14
- CANCELLED Main St. closure on October 15
- Frederick Clyde Warren founded True-2-Form Plastics
- October 15 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Pirate boys soccer beats Wapak in regular season finale
- Pirate girls soccer defeats Liberty Center
- Mennonite pastor to explore ‘good news’ in creation
- Bluffton University earns recognition in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- Obituary for Deborah "Debbie" Welch, 74
- Spirits and exorcism presentation during University Spiritual Life Week Forum
- Dodging bullets: Bluffton oral history 90+ years after Dillinger robbery
- Nora Matthews named BHS Student of the Month for September 2026
- ICAPP analysis on charter status and local autonomy
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 13
- Bluffton area Women in Business meeting October 15
- Leo club glasses collection
- Night at the (Swiss Historical) Museum, October 24
- Woodcarving ornament workshop at Swiss Heritage Center
- Barefoot nature walks at the Nature Preserve
- Pirate volleyball seeded 4th
- Beavers sports roundup, October 6-11
- Bluffton leaf pickup scheduled for last week of October
- Pirate boys soccer shuts out Bellefontaine
- Watch an after school movie at the Bluffton Public Library
- Dunlap awarded OSBA humanitarian award