Ryan Rodabaugh (left) is the winner of a Henry repeating rifle, won from a Bluffton American Legion raffle held Dec. 16. Presenting the rifle to Rodabaugh is Larry Core. The presentation was at Riley Creek Mercantile.
Here is the January church schedule at Mennonite Memorial Home:
Sunday - 9:30 a.m.
Jan. 5 - Chaplain Bill Herr
Jan. 12 - Gary Reese
Jan. 19 - Elizabeth Kelly
Jan. 26 - Chaplain Bill Herr
Tuesday - 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 7 - Bob Amstutz, St. John Mennonite
Jan. 14 - Communion service - Rev. Carol Clements, St. John's United Church of Christ
Jan. 21 - Rev. Don Clinger
Jan. 28 - Rev. Jack Duffy, First Baptist Church, Ada
Meet Bluffton’s new year’s baby of 2014. And, as we’ll soon demonstrate, he’s related to nearly everyone in Bluffton and Pandora.
He’ll no doubt graduate from Pandora-Gilboa High School in 2032, and from Bluffton University in 2036. In between, he’ll probably work at Suter’s Produce in the summer and at the Suter Cider Press in the fall.
The next Maple Crest Senior Living, 700 Maple Court, Bluffton, Sunday buffet is Jan. 19, according to Daren Lee, director of Maple Crest.
The menu includes:
• Apple cherry pork chop
• Baked steak
• Mashed potatoes and gravy
• Grazed carrots
• Dinner rolls
• Chocolate cream pie
• coffee and iced tea.
The buffet is in the Patio Room at Maple Crest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is open to all adults 55 and older at a cost of $7.50 per person.
Linda Fleming remembers the invitation from Carolyn Rich to become the Bluffton-Beaverdam-Richland Township United Way executive secretary.
It was 1983. Both women worked at Bluffton University.
As Fleming recalls, Rich walked across the hall from one Riley Court office to the one where Fleming worked. The invitation was to be part of a community service organization, which Fleming might keep for a couple years.
Fleming took the volunteer post, but not for a couple years – instead, for 30 years. This month she’s retiring.
