First, let me apologize for the slow communication. Wireless Internet is hard to come by in the hinterlands of Australia, and that's where we've been lately. I'll probably be back in the States before I'm able to send my next report. But here's what's been happening since my last communiqu'e:
Geraldine Bucher, 93 died at 1:10 p.m., Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral Home, Bluffton.
The scenery at the corner of Garau and Harmon changes every day as the construction at the Bluffton Hospital continues. Here's a view of brickwork going up along Harmon Road.
Bluffton First United Methodist Church, 116 Church St., will hold its annual election day meal on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Lunch will be served from11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the menu consists of homemade soups ($2), sandwiches ($2), salads (75 cents), desserts ($1.50), and beverages (50 cents).
Dinner will be served from 4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Cost is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children 10 and under. The dinner consists of baked steak, escalloped potatoes, green beans, roll, dessert and beverage.
All Bluffton High School Junior Class parents are invited to a Post Prom Planning Meeting on Monday, November 1st, at 6:30 p.m. in the Bluffton High School Cafeteria. Parents who would like to be involved but are unable to attend this meeting are asked to contact Susan Liska. Thank you!
The lights are on! Bluffton Child Development Center celebrated lights on yesterday. The national recognition event stresses the importance of centers like BCDC that serve youth after school. Fred Rodabaugh, Bluffton mayor, read a brief proclamation and then students at the Center released yellow balloons as a send off.
Carrick Lancaster delivers a white bag to a house for Scouting For Food. The Bluffton Scouts will be collecting donated non-perishable food items (canned) for the Bluffton Food Pantry on Sunday, Oct. 25 afternoon.
Has to be a zip code. That means it's probably a postmaster's plate. We spotted this plate in 45817 land, but our hunch is that this one belongs somewhere in Hancock County.
Crystal Wilkinson, author of the short story collections Blackberries, Blackberries and Water Street, will give a public reading at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in Bluffton University's Musselman Library.
Wilkinson, a faculty member in the Master of Fine Arts writing program at Spalding University in Louisville, Ky., is currently a visiting professor and writer in residence at Morehead (Ky.) State University.
