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There are openings for Mennonite Memorial Home Mobile Meal Volunteer Drivers.   Volunteers deliver just one day a month and openings are on the 2nd Wednesday and the 4th Tuesday of each month.  Meals are prepared by The Mennonite Memorial Home and are delivered with-in the Bluffton Village limits.  The delivery starts at 11:30 a.m. and takes approximately 30 – 45 minutes.  If you would like to be a Mobile Meal Driver and serve the Bluffton community, please call Mary Ann Ring, volunteer coordinator, at 419.358.1015, ext 248.

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2015 Allen County Junior Fair Results
The Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Club

The Beaverdam Bunch – Best Large Booth Award

Braeden Ackerman
Vegetable Gardening 1 – A, Second Place
Lawn Care – A
Level 1 Woodworking (9-13 yrs. of age) – A

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Apache M. Williams, 75, died on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015 at 9:09 p.m. at Hardin Memorial Hospital Emergency Room, Kenton.

She was born on Feb. 27, 1940, in Ada, Ohio, to Harry H. and Margurite (McElroy) Williams who preceded her in death.

Apache retired from International Paper in Kenton where she worked in the Quality Dept. She was a member of the Ada VFW Post #9381 Ladies Auxiliary.

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BREAKFAST STARTS AT 8 a.m.
We are open for breakfast at 8 a.m., Tuesday-Friday and serve breakfast all day.

SEPT. 1-4 LUNCH SPECIALS
Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

TUESDAY
Minestrone soup
Dagwood sandwich
Lemon chicken over rice and quinoa
Chipotle chicken salad with rice

WEDNESDAY
Butternut squash soup
Perch platter
Grilled veggie panini
Apple pecan salad

THURSDAY
Apple bacon cheddar soup
Egg pastrami on croissant
Autumn wrap
Poached pear salad

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A celebration of the 175th anniversary of the founding of the first Mennonite Church in the Bluffton-Pandora area involved a daylong event on Sunday, Aug. 30. Several hundred persons attened.

Bluffton Swiss Community Historical Society sponsored the celebration. Activities took place at the site of the original log church, near 17876 Road 4, Pandora.

The celebration included a worship service, lectures, displays, hymns singing, and a traditional Swiss meal held under a large tent. 

Several photos from the afternooon are below.

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On Sunday several hundred persons attended the 175th celebration of the founding of the first Mennonite church in the Bluffton-Pandora Swiss Settlement. More photos will be posted.

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