Lori Neff, food service manager (FSM) at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, was honored with the 2016 Innovation Award from the Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals (ANFP).
Neff, a certified dietary manager (CDM), received the award at the ANFP regional meeting in Nashville on March 11. Neff has been a member of the Mennonite Memorial Home team since June 2015.
Dan Maynard Gleason, 76, died March 28, 2016, at 6:04 a.m. at the Cleveland Clinic. Dan was born May 21, 1939 in Bluffton to the late Clarence Michael and Mildred (Zahrend) Gleason. On August 31, 1958 he married Jean Arnold Gleason who survives.
Dan was a heavy equipment operator for Degan Excavating. He was a member of the Ohio Operating Engineers. He was a member of the Pleasant View United Church of the Brethren, Lima, where he was a board member, deacon, treasurer and Sunday School superintendent.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University softball team picked up its first sweep of the season as they defeated the Olivet College Comets, 10-8 and 3-2. The victories helped Bluffton improve to 12-10 while the Comets fell to 11-5.
The Grace Albrecht Gallery will host an exhibit by Gregg Luginbuhl, professor emeritus, titled “Making My Way.” The exhibit opens April 11 and runs through May 8. The gallery is located in Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
The exhibit is a retrospective, featuring work by the artist over a period of 50 years. The artist will be present during a reception from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 7 in the Sauder Visual Arts Center.
