The Mennonite Memorial Home and Maple Crest Senior Living Village honored their volunteers at a special reception March 30. The reception was held at The Mennonite Memorial Home chapel. Staff and residents took time to thank those who came for all they did throughout the year. Each volunteer received a gift bag to take home.
The Mennonite Memorial Home has over 250 volunteers working in different positions at the Home. These volunteers have logged in 3,917 hours at MMH. That's 75 hours a week that volunteers are giving to MMH, which is almost two full-time employees.
Teams are forming for the 2010 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Allen County Golf For Kids' Sake fundraiser.
This year's event is held Saturday, June 12, at Hidden Creek Golf Club, 6245 Sugar Creek Road, Lima. The event begins at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start.
Entry fees are $220 per team, which includes golf for four, carts, drink tickets and Mulligans. The event also has a $200 first place payout with second and third and highest score prizes.
Over 200 youths in Allen County between the ages of 6 and 14 rely on the services of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
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How is the census sent out? Areas are divided into sections and each section is sent the census form at a different time. In Bluffton there are several different sections and not all sections have received the form.
It you haven't received it, don't panic. It should be coming. Please complete and send back as soon as possible. Sincerely,
Nancy L. Benroth
Assistant Village Administrator
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First, I want to congratulate you on a great website! I was excited when I found it as I was looking for information on an old school in Allen County - Diller School.
I don't think you know me. I lived in Pandora for 11 years on the family homestead. We bought the farm on which my mother was born from my Uncle Clifton Neuenschwander. It's located on Road R between Road 3 and Road 4.
Upcoming Youth sport leagues include U6 Soccer Intramurals and Grades 4-6 Girls Volleyball League. The U6 Soccer program is open to children who turned 4 years by 12/1/09 but were under 6 years of age as of 8/1/09.
This 5 week, introductory soccer league is held on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from 6-7pm at BFR. Cost per player is $30 ($15 BFR member rate).
Friends of the Bluffton Public Library group will holds its spring book sale from April 12-17 during National Library Week. The sale will take place at Bluffton Public Library during regular library hours: Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hardbound and paperback books in good condition are being accepted for the sale, as well as original copies of audiovisual material (audio books, compact disks, videocassettes, and DVDs).
You are invited to join community members at Common Grounds on Wednesday, April 14, at 6 p.m. to discuss "Handle with Care" by Jodi Picoult. The discussion is hosted by Bluffton Public Library staff. Please call the library at 419-358-5016 or stop by the library to register for the discussion. A limited supply of discussion copies is available.
If April showers bring May flowers and Mayflowers bring the Pilgrims, what, then, do March showers bring? We don't have the answer to that, however, it's possible that they bring daffodils. We do know where to find a nice selection of early yellow daffodils, which are starting to bloom all over town. Here are some on the west side of town.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera's Maundy Thursday service on April 1 will begin at 7 p.m. Pastor Al Schmitzer will deliver the sermon and the choir will sing "Jesus Paid it All" and "Eat This Bread."
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Developer: That Game Company
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: Playstation 3
Rating: E for Everyone
The current generation of video game consoles has teamed up with the internet to deliver a new (to consoles, at least) medium known as Downloadable Content (DLC). Sometimes DLC is a whole game-albeit usually much smaller in scale than a full retail release-and sometimes it's an addition to an existing game.
