By Fred Steiner
We all know Stan Schneck was “Mr. Pandora.”
There’s more to that title than you might think. Stan's older brother, Don, passed the title on to Stan, and Stan carried it well.
Don and Stan’s father, Clarence, then might as well be considered the Father of two Mr. Pandora’s. In an earlier generation, Clarence was an important heartbeat of the Pandora community.
Stan was about as Swiss as you could get – having a Schneck father and a Burkhalter mother and holding a life-long St. John Mennonite membership.
Hours after receiving her diploma at Bluffton High School with the class of 2014, Sara Chappell-Dick boarded a plane and headed to Guatemala. Since then she has filled her gap year with a number of adventures. She shares highlights from her year with us and gives insights on where she’ll be heading next.
Pandora United Methodist Church, 108 E. Washington St., Pandora, will hold an ice cream social from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, July 26, in the fellowship hall.
This event is being hosted by Cub Scout Pack 3226. Menu consists of your choice of sloppy joe, hot dog, or chicken sandwich, plus cole slaw, baked beans, and / or chicken & noodles. Also, there will be lots of homemade pies and Dietsch Brothers ice cream.
Antique appraiser, Anne Stratton, will share her antique knowledge three times this month in the Bluffton area.
You can catch her at:
• Maplecrest, Bluffton, at 6:30 p.m., Monday, July 13
• Bluffton Dari Freeze, South Main St., 6 p.m., Wednesday July 15
• Pandora Library, 6:30 p.m., Monday, July 27
Last week she appraised several pieces in the Ada Public library. While there, she also talked about what's hot and what's not currently in the antique world.
It's not a video of a deer jumping into Luke's Bar and Grill.
But, it is a pretty interesting video of two guys breaking into a Pepsi machine in a Main Street Ada laundromat.
Early Monday morning the video camera at the Ada laundromat caught two people breaking into the machine. The outside camera also photographed the vehicle.
Princess for a Day is a fun event for girls entering Kindergarten through third grade Saturday, July 18, at Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.
The day is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It includes lots of fun and lunch. Registration deadline is Wednesday, July 15.
Cost per participant is $22 for members; $38 for non-members. Call BFR for details: 419-358-4150.
