This hand-crafted checker board and box is among dozens of items in the Mennonite Memorial Home's silent auction, which concludes at noon on Saturday. Kay Woolley, Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio staff member, and her father, Lee Wilkins, created the set, making it a unique father-daughter craft project. Several addition photos of items in the auction follow in the next photos. The auction is part of Saturday's Fall Festival. CLICK HERE for the entire silent auction list.
Q. Harry Burkholder, 89, died Sept. 20, 2018, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Harry was born Dec. 3, 1928, in Bluffton to the late Quinten and Edna (Fryman) Burkholder. On March 21, 1958, he married B. Elinor Bowersox Burkholder who survives.
Harry graduated from Bluffton High School and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a farmer and had also been a delivery driver for Diller Medical and Stratton Greenhouse both in Bluffton. Harry was a member of the Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Bluffton.
The Bluffton community’s 14th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 22, according to Daren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, who coordinates the festival.
All activities are free unless otherwise designated. Food and other items are available for purchase at multiple locations.
Two meetings were schedule by the village on Friday. Both are set prior to Monday's 7 p.m., regularly scheduled council meeting.
Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, said, "We’ll be discussing upcoming projects that need council agreement on completing in 2019. More specifically it will involve work on East Jefferson Street from Main St to County Line Road.
Bluffton Child Development Center’s playground is bare, according to Francine Donathan, director.
“Our playground equipment was over 26 years old and has been mended many times over the years,” she told the Icon. “It became unrepairable, and had to be removed."
Because of that the children at BCDC, 325 County Line Road, do not have outdoor climbing equipment.
“Since we are a tuition-based non-profit organization, we rely on the kindness and support of our community,” she said, adding that the center has tried for many grants and has not succeeded.
By Ailing Chen, MD
Caughman Health Center
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common disease among children, especially for those under 5 years of age.
Outbreaks of this disease in Ohio often happen during the summer and fall. It is most commonly caused by Coxsaskieviruses, which causes painful blisters in the mouth and throat as well as blister rashes on the hands, feet and diaper area. The virus is spread by the close contact, cough, nasal or oral secretions, and/or stool from infected persons.
