Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO), Bluffton, will dedicate its new Willow Ridge campus, the first two Green House homes in Ohio, at 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14. Dr. Bill Thomas, Ithaca, N.Y., The Green House Project founder, is the featured speaker.
The dedication takes place across from the Willow Ridge campus at Maple Crest Senior Living Village, 700 Maple Crest Court, and is open to the public.
15 minutes with Kylee Burkholder from West Unity (Hilltop High School) Bluffton University student and member of the women's basketball team, number 42. Derek Woods, Icon intern conducted this interview.
What year are you at Bluffton University?
I'm a junior.
What is your major?
Public relations with a minor in marketing.
What was your summer job?
I was a receptionist at Anderson and Vreeland.
The contest leader update will be posted later in the week.
The winner of Week 6 of The Icon Football Contest is David Glick. Hepicked all 15 games correctly and was named the winner by correctly picking both tie-breakers. Jerry Cupples also picked all 15 games correctly as well as the first tie-breaker, but just missed on the second tie-breaker.
Nope, you didn't win the red Corvette. But, try again next year.
A Celina woman, Carolyn Glock, had her ticket drawn following a pre-recorded drum roll at noon on Bluffton's Main Street on Sept. 29. The ticket made her the winner of the third annual Bluffton Lion's Club Foundation Corvette raffle. Glock bought her ticket from the Celina Lions Club, one of the groups selling tickets.
Lots of events are planned in October at Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Bluffton.
Among those events from 2 to 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 15, is a "meet the author" program in the family room.
The newest book publications out by Maple Crest residents are “An Alzheimer’s Primer,” by Joanne Niswander, based upon personal family experience, and “Where Flows the River
Twee,” by Claralice Wolf, inspired by her life in Thailand.
Other October events are listed on the October calendar in an attachment at the bottom of this story.
“Alzheimer’s disease slowly dissolved his memory, but his smile never completely went away. Nor did the love they had nurtured for nearly 60 years. Now, after his death, she tells their story, looking not only at the past but to the future.” - From the back cover
