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Lawrence Matthews told the Bluffton Lions Club about his work with Mennonite Disaster Service in Detroit, during the club’s Jan. 17 meeting.

Several additional items about the local club are in the January newsletter attached at the bottom of this story.

Two Bluffton community meals are set for February. They are at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, and Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.

Both meals are free and open to the public. Persons attending may provide a canned donation to the Bluffton food pantry if they wish.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church will host the Feb. 2 meal. SHANNON Service Club will host the Feb. 16 meet.

Several programs of interest to gardeners are planned this spring by the Allen County Master Gardeners.

Details follow:

March 7-April 25 – Master Gardener Volunteer Training for: Allen, Hardin, and Hancock  at the OSU - Lima Campus.  Classes are Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Contact the Extension Office www.allen.osu.edu for more details. The deadline to register is Feb. 20. 

Traci Heinz, Bluffton, was named to the dean’s list for the Bluffton University Cohort-based Organizational Management Program (BCOMP) for the fall term.

Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list.

BCOMP is an accelerated degree-completion program that creates a dynamic, learning community of adults. Students who complete the program demonstrate commitment to personal development and professional advancement within the area of organizational management.

Grand prize: 1 free pizza each month in 2017

There’s a new pizza shop in town and it’s throwing a free taste party on Saturday.

Marlena Ballinger of The Dough Hook, 117 N. Main St., said the downtown shop is now offering pizza.

The pizzas are already available for customers and a launch party to introduce customers new the new item takes place starting at 8 a.m., Saturday.

“Stop in from 8 to noon for free cooked samples of our Take ‘n Bake Pizzas,” she said. “We will also have plenty of frozen pizzas on hand for customers to purchase during the party.”

"Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics"

Ray Person of Bluffton, recently co-authored a chapter in the book “Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics.”

Person and his wife, Elizabeth Kelly, are part of a farm coop on their farm in rural Bluffton.

The farm coop has 17 families involved, plus a waiting list of persons interesting in joining it.

“We produce meat, eggs, veggies, and fruits, using organic practices and working together as a group,” he said of the coop.

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