By Mary Pannabecker Steiner
Have you ever noticed how there is always a long line outside the women's restroom at public events?
We wait. And wait. And wait...while the men zip in and out of their own, with nary a line in sight.
Of course, men translate this to mean that we women are taking our time primping. This is not true. Let's just say that the mechanics of emptying one's bladder are more time-consuming for women than for men.
Here's a classic Bluffton High School photo. It is the earliest photo of the entire student body we've ever viewed. To make it even better most of the students are identified, with some extra descriptions tossed it. We've added class graduating years, when known, based upon the graduation list in "A Good Place To Miss: Bluffton Stories 1900-1975."
The March church service schedule at Mennonite Memorial Home was released this week.
Sunday services at 9:30 a.m.
4th - Chaplain Bill Herr
11th - Rev. Charles Warren
18th - Chaplain Bill Herr
25th - Rev. Dennis Maurer
Tuesday services at 6:30 p.m.
6th - Bryant Miller, First United Methodist
13th - Dick Potter, Ebenezer Mennonite
20th - Dennis Schmidt, Grace Mennonite
27th - Gary Rummel, Harrod Christian
Barry Schneck and I sat down for our pre-arranged interview. Then his phone rang. It was a hospital checking on some information. We started over. Then his phone rang. It was a call from the adult son of a potential resident. We started again. Then, he excused himself to make a couple follow-up calls concerning the potential resident.
Barry was in his typical, "I'm really sorry about this," mode. He was also in his element: being able to help someone with an immediate need.
Want to make your own maple syrup? It's simple. Just wait until February when it's below freezing at night and above freezing during the day. That weather combination causes sap to run in maple trees.
It's lots more complicated than that, of course, but it's certainly satisfying for a guy with a lot of patience and lots of maple trees. Oh, and it takes lots of maple sap: 50 gallons of sap boils down to one gallon of maple syrup.
Tickets are now on sale for this year's Bluffton Music Boosters chicken barbecue and shrimp dinner planned Friday, March 23, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. (or sell out) at the middle school cafetorium.
Pre-ticket sales are underway at $6.50 per ticket ($7 after March 16). Tickets are available at Greg's Pharmacy and at the middle school and high school offices. This year's meal includes one-half chicken (or seven pieces of shrimp), potato salad, applesauce, dinner roll and a drink.
Ten Thousand Villages wants Icon viewers to start thinking "spring." From Monday, March 5, through Monday, March 19, the shop will offer $5 off any planter priced at $25 or more.
The store at 115 S. Main St., Bluffton has the following hours:
Store hours are:
Monday-Wednesday 9:00-5:00
Thursday 1:00-5:00
Friday-Saturday 9:00-5:00
Call Ten Thousand Villages at (419)358-7233 for more information.
