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Maple Crest of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) now offers respite care for persons needing temporary assistance, according to Daren Lee, Marketing Coordinator of MHCO.

The new service is available at Maple Crest Senior Living Village. Respite care is also available at Mennonite Memorial Home, both located in Bluffton.

Samantha Lawrence, a Bluffton University senior from Harrod, is president of the 2011-12 Bluffton University student senate.

What's it like being the head of the student governing body of a university? Bluffton Icon intern Jordan Howe talked with Lawrence and his report is on a video accessible here.

The conversation includes an overview of the position, why Lawrence sought the position and what kind of issues does the student senate face.

BFR hopes to make your holiday shopping easier, according to Carole Enneking, director.

BFR currently offers Texas Roadhouse gift cards. Ten percent of each card sold helps the operation of BFR.

Two purchase options are available:

1 - On site: $15 and $25 cards are on hand

2 - Pre-paid: order and pay for a quatity of $15, $25 or $50 cards for later pickup.

Cash, check or credit cards are accepted. Details are available from BFR, 215 Snider Road. Telephone: 419-358-4150.

The 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, Bluffton community meal will be hosted by the people of English Lutheran Church. The meal is at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.

The meal is open to the public. The menu includes barbecue beef and shredded chicken sandwiches, baked beans with vegetbales, casseroles, soups, desserts and refreshments.

Bluffton Forum to address the arts

John Bracey, executive director of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, will discuss "The Backstory-Funding, Education and Advocacy in the Arts" at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Bluffton University's Yoder Recital Hall. The Bluffton Forum presentation is free and open to the public.

Dr. Jonathan Andreas, an assistant professor of economics at Bluffton University, will discuss the ethical reasoning of economics in a Bluffton Colloquium presentation at 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.

Andreas' talk, titled "The Ordinalist Manifesto: A Revolution in Applied Welfare Economics," is free and open to the public.

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