Street painting in Bluffton - this time by the Allen County Enginineer's Office takes place next week, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.
Mehaffie will update Bluffton council on Monday evening on the Engineer's Office plan to perform the double-yellow striping on village roads, weather permitting.
The village service department will also preparing to complete its annual street striping. The village handes cross walks, parking spots and stop bars.
Daniel Dexter, a staff minister from El Paso, Texas, will be at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, on Sunday, July 14.
Dexter will give a program on his Bible memorization skills at 9:15 a.m. and also be a part of the worship services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
He is a professional storyteller who is gifted in being able to memorize and put into voice, sections of the Bible as it is found in the New International Version. Everyone is welcome and the church is handicapped accessible.
Irene Louise Burkholder, 89, of Lima died at 8:57 p.m. July 5, 2013, at Otterbein Cridersville Retirement Center. She was born July 11, 1923 in Ossian, Ind., to Wilson and Louise Elett Snider who preceded her in death. On April 20, 1947, she married Martin D. Burkholder who died April 5, 2010.
Mrs. Burkholder worked for American Airlines prior to her marriage and later worked at the Beaverdam Post Office. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Lafayette.
Marlin Gerber will have 10 pound boxes of Michigan blueberries available in Bluffton on Monday, July 15, at 12:30 p.m.
Gerber said that there are about six rounding quarts of berries in 10 pounds and the cost is $25. Orders of four or more boxes cost $23 each.
E-mail orders at [email protected] with a subject line: "Bluffton Blueberries." Orders may be picked up in the parking area behind Bluffton University’s Houshower House between 12:30 and 2 p.m. on July 15.
Mary Hofstetter knots a comforter at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. The 74-inch-square project is a crazy quilt design comprised of pieces of material from former Bluffton resident Rick Shaner's mother.
