Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio will host an inaugural gala event on October 13, 2022. The theme will be “Game Day” and guests will be invited to wear their favorite sports attire–from a hat to a full team uniform. The fundraising event will benefit the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Benevolent Care Fund, which provides support to care for older adults who have outlived their resources.
By Emily Baum and Evan Bruggeman, Student Pharmacists with Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Exercise is a critical piece to overall health. The Heart Foundation provides a list of the top 10 reasons why someone does not exercise. The top three are: I am too tired, I can’t afford a gym and I don’t have time.
So, could concentrated time exercising be a potential solution, giving credence to the notion of a weekend warrior?
Three Bluffton history programs take place in the next two weeks presented by Fred Steiner of BlufftonForever.com Each is free and open to the public.
Monday, Aug. 15 at Bluffton Public Library
Reservations are being accepted for a repeat presentation of Bluffton Then and Now, given at 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 15, at the Bluffton Public Library, lower level.
The library program uses over 90 Bluffton photos going back over 140 years. It was first presented in July and there was a demand for a second program.
Linda (Beechy) Houshower, 70, died on August 5, 2022 at University of Michigan Hospital after a short struggle with a rare, untreatable cancer. Born December 27, 1951, to the late Orin and Marie (Ramseyer) Beechy, she grew up in Wooster, OH where she was an active member of Oak Grove Mennonite Church and the YMCA where she taught swimming. During high school years, she was a counselor at Camp Friedenswald where she developed her love of nature and met her life partner, Hans Houshower.
