Bluffton resident Bill Swartley is the guest speaker at the noon, Tuesday, Feb. 5, Bluffton Lions Club meeting. The meeting is in the Patio Room of Maple Crest.
Swartley, a nurse anesthetist, will talk about his experiences involving medical missions to the Dominican Republic. Since 1998, Swartley has participated in 17 trips as a member of a surgical team with Medical Ministry International.
The Mennonite Memorial Home is a host site for Caregiver Support Group meetings of The Alzheimer’s Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter
The next meeting is at 3:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 18, at MMH conference room, 410 W. Elm St. Meeting facilitators are Tricia Herman and Emily Koogler.
These caregiver groups are free and open to the public. Registration is not required. However, it is suggested that persons contact the facilitator of the group for the first time to confirm the time, place and date of the meeting.
Although it’s only January Bluffton Diamond Sports is thinking about spring and summer baseball and softball.
Registration forms are being distributed this weekend in the Bluffton schools. A copy of the form is also an attachment to this story. Forms are also available at the elementary and middle school offices during school hours and also available at the turn-in locations.
The Diamond Sports season for most teams runs from the end of April to mid June.
Nearly 500 years ago, new technology—the printing press—enabled a network of European printers to disseminate pamphlets that spread the word of the Protestant Reformation and helped spur the birth of Anabaptism.
Fifty years ago, television network news beamed the use of water cannons on black Americans across the U.S., aiding the cause of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement.
