By Jake Dowling, Ada Icon summer intern Note: This story was originally posted in The Ada Icon. Julie Brewer is known by several persons in the Bluffton community.
It is the summer of 2010. Julie Brewer just graduated from Ohio Northern University with a degree in art education. She had friends, a good life, but she was not ready to jump right into her career, she wanted to explore.
Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 8375 Phillips Road, will host an ice cream social next week.
The event is from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 19, at the church. Serving includes lots of homemade food. Tickets are $7 for adults and kids under 11 $4.
The Pandora United Methodist Church will be hosting a free community meal on Wednesday, July 25, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington St., Pandora.
The meal this month is provided by the Hilty Home and is sub sandwich, chips, baked beans, fresh fruit, cookies and beverage.
The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District. The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four.
In order to pick up a box, you must register by 5 p.m. on July 23 by calling 419-384-3905. Boxes will be available for pickup on Saturday, July 28 at 11 a.m. at the Pandora United Methodist Church located on State Route 12.
Free computer classes will be offered July 24 through July 28 in a mobile computer lab parked on Main Street in front of the Bluffton Public Library.
Sessions include: Explore the Treasures of SEO, Explore Your Family History (getting started and digging deeper), Explore Office 2010, Mango Foreign Language Database, Explore the New Digital Collection for E-readers and Beginning Computer Q & A.
A special session will be offered to introduce parents to the "buried treasures" of SEO as well.
