The Blanchard River Watershed Partnership held the 2016 Annual Planning work session on Jan. 6.
New officers were officially recognized. They are: Theresa Allen, President; Don Croy, Vice President; Tim Macke, Treasurer, and Bob Connour, Secretary.
Other board members present were Bob Antibus, Tim Brugeman, Jeremiah Haselman, Dick Kozlowski, Jane McCleary, and Elaine Reynolds.
Dr. Justin Kantner, O.D., Bluffton optometrist, says he’s testing his faith.
Really.
The test is to step away from his small-town practice and move with his wife, Elya, and their young son, Caleb, to southern rural Paraguay. There, he will become an optometrist and church planter. Elya will become a Bible translator.
The 2000 Bluffton High School grad joined Dr. Mark Yoder of Family Eye Care, 107 N. Main St., Bluffton, in 2009. Dr. Kantner’s practice there will end this spring. The family will move to Paraguay in June.
Sue Kinn, Stephanie Lehman, Jodi Diller and Marcia Thomas are the December winners in the Bluffton downtown 3/50 Project drawing in the final drawing of the season.
They win an assortment of prizes from participating businesses as a result of their entry forms being picked in a random drawing.
Bluffton’s 3/50 Project is part of a nationwide effort that carried the tagline: “Save your local economy three stores at a time.”
