Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce reminds holiday shoppers that chamber gift certificates make great Christmas gifts.
Certificates are available from any teller at Citizens National Bank's main office in Bluffton.
• Certificates may be purchased in any amount.
• Certficates may be used in any Bluffton business.
• Certificates expiration date is 12 months after the purchase date.
• There is no extra charge for a certificate.
• Recipients have the option of cashing the gift certificate at Citizens National Bank
Evelyn M. Steiner, 93, died Dec. 7, 2013, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born Oct. 13, 1920 in Kingsport, Tenn., to the late Kinder and Elsie (Johnson) Mitchell. On Nov. 1, 1941, she married Charles H. Steiner and he died July 2, 1994.
She retired from teaching after 29 years in the Bluffton and Beaverdam School systems. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, where she was very active in the United Methodist Women, a lay leader, choir member, Methodist Conference. She was also a member of Alpha Gamma and Bluffton College Phi Beta Kappa.
Here’s an easy muffin that goes with the holidays and coffee, too.
It’s the Icon’s variation of Spice Chocolate Muffins from a cookbook called “Muffins.” We toned down the sugar and chocolate chips from the original recipe and it still creates pretty sweet muffins.
Here's a photo from the 1966 Bluffton High School yearbook. It was taken from above the entrance way to the old gym - yes, once upon a time there was only one gym.
We'll attempt an idenficiation. (Icon viewers are alway smarter than we are in these ID projects. We welcome viewer corrections.)
Bottom from left, Pat Benroth, Steph McCune, Terry Strahm, Becky Lehman and Carol Steiner.
Next row, James Augsburger, Jim Hilty, Sue Marshall, John Pannabecker, John Skelly and Ron Niswander.
Richland Manor invites Icon viewers to participate in its Hope for the Holidays Christmas raffle. The raffle benefits the Ada ReStore Community Center.
The raffle is already underway and viewers have until 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 20, to participate.
Here how the raffle works:
Tickets are available from any Richland Manor employee or at Richland Manor, 7400 Swaney Road, Bluffton.
The Swiss Community Historical Society is celebrating the Christmas season by hosting its annual holiday open house, “Christmas at the Homestead,” on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 1 to 7 p.m.
The public is invited to tour the decorated house while snacking on homemade treats and listening to songs of the season.
The Bluffton University men welcomed Franklin College to the Sommer Center on Saturday, Dec. 7, looking to improve on a 1-0 conference mark. The Grizzlies, led by Bailey Howard's 45 points, had other plans as they outlasted a persistent Beaver squad to take a 92-82 victory home to Indiana.
Glenn Eugene "Gene" Zimmerly, 78, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at 1:05 a.m. at Richland Manor, Bluffton, Ohio.
He suffered a stroke 19 years ago and stayed home for 16 ½ years then spent the last 2 ½ years at Richland Manor.
He was born on Jan. 1, 1936, in Allen County, Ohio to Glenn L. and Helen J. (Allstetter) Zimmerly, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 25, 1955 he married Carolyn Joyce McElwain and she survives in Lima.
