Three Bluffton holiday lawn displays were chose winners of the 2012 Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce residential lighting contest.
The winners are:
First place - Derek and Jamie Snyder, 95 Riley Creek Court, winner of $200 in chamber gift certicates. Second place - Jim and Sue Kinn, 105 Riley Street, winner of $100 in chamber gift certificates. Third place - Kevin and Shelby Cluts, 252 S. Lawn Ave., winner of $50 in chamber gift certificates.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera, will hold a New Year’s Eve service on Monday, Dec. 31, at 7 p.m. There will be a worship service to begin the New Year's Day on Tuesday, Jan. 1, at 9:30 a.m. More information is available at: tlcjenera.org or 419-326-5331.
These look more like October temperatures than December. Here's the high, the low and precipitation and snow recorded for the past seven days in the Bluffton-Pandora area, provided by Guy Verhoff, weather observer.
The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library will hold its annual organizational meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., in the library’s Riley Room.
The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers, set the 2013 meeting schedule and approve temporary authorizations for 2013.
Rev. U.S. Gottshall was pastor of all three Bluffton area Mennonite Churches. This post card, printed shortly after 1905 show the Ebenezer Mennonite at the bottom left, the St. John Mennonite, bottom right and First Mennonite top left, with Rev. Gottshall.
Community meals, Bingo, monthly potluck, quilting...exercise class. Those are just part of the January events scheduled at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
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Milford Franklin Brunk, 90, of Bluffton, Ohio, died Dec. 5, 2012. He was born June 9, 1922, in Biglerville, Pa., to Christian and Jeannette Leakey Brunk. He was the oldest of six siblings. He married Beatrice Hartman on June 19, 1948, in Wissemborg, France, during the last year of a two-year term with Mennonite Central Committee where he was part of a post-war reconstruction unit. They had three children: one son, Rene’, and two daughters, Susie and Jeannette.
Here's a great way to start 2012: There is still time to register for the high school tennis camp to be held at BFR on Jan 2, 3 and 4.
The camp is designed for high school age players with little or no formal instruction. Players will work on the basic strokes and serves plus learn about court positions. Call BFR 419-358-4150 to reserve a space for the 1:30 p.m. or 3 p.m. group.
Cost per player is $60 ($45 BFR member); scholarships for those with financial need are available.
