The Bluffton community’s 11th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 27, according to Daren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, who coordinates the festival.
Here’s the schedule:
Maple Crest Senior Living Village, 700 Maple Crest Ct.
• Antique tractor show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Music by Easy Ed and The Country Pals (Bluegrass), 11 a.m.-11:45 a.m. and 1-1:45 p.m.
• Kiddie tractor pull, registration 1-1:30 p.m., pull starts 1:30 p.m.
• Fishing derby, 2-3:30 p.m.
• Food available 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents a celebration of choral music as part of the ONU Homecoming festivities in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Friday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The evening’s program will begin with the ONU Men’s Chorus presenting a variety of glee club pieces and ending with a setting of “Kiss the Girl.” The ONU Women’s Chorus will follow with musical settings by John Rutter, Jonny Priano and Moses Hogan.
Ohio Northern University will host a lecture by Reed Noss, the provost’s distinguished research professor at the University of Central Florida, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Hardin County Dairy Service Unit is holding their semi-annual cheese sale. The fall sale has a variety of cheeses to choose from including colby, Muenster, smoked cheddar, mozzarella, marble, American processed, farmer’s cheese, cheddar, big eye Swiss, baby Swiss, lacey Swiss (low cholesterol, low fat), hot pepper, and also trail bologna. Cheese is in approximately 2 pound units, except for Muenster, hot pepper, American processed cheese, which are sold in 5 pound loaves. The American processed cheese is sliced, while the mozzarella and cheddar cheese are shredded. The trail bologna comes in 1-1 3/4 pound rings.
Celebrating our hometown of Bluffton, Ohio, our people and our students as we come together this weekend to celebrate the Fall Festival (see Facebook page "Bluffton Fall Festival") and BHS Homecoming Weekend. Join us for some homestyle offerings.
DINNER FEATURES:
Bacon Cheeseburger with our house potato chips
Roast Beef with Smashed Red Potatoes & Gravy and roasted green beans
Fettucine Alfredo with a choice of seared chicken breast or pan-fried shrimp
LIGHT PLATE:
Fried Ravioli with marinara
Macaroni & Cheese with bacon
The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents “Dancing with the Ada Stars” on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 8:30 p.m. for the 2014 Homecoming performance.
