Mariah Faith Fleming and Gregory A. Short united were married October 15th at St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton.
She wore a ivory, empire beaded waist, ruched mermaid silhouette style,
strapless gown. She wore a flower crown of mini white roses and baby's breath
and carried a bouquet of white roses, baby's breath, white Peruvian lilies
and lush greens.
Mariah is the daughter of Jeremy Fleming, of Bluffton and Jeff and Jodi
Holtgreven of Van Buren, Ohio. She is a 2010 graduate of Bluffton High
School.
Twenty area pastors and 58 parishioners, who reside at Maple Crest, gathered for a banquet on Oct. 16.
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“This annual banquet is provided to honor the ministries of area pastors who visit and minister to their parishioners not only in the church, but in whatever places their parishioners call home,” according to Doug Luginbill, Director of Church Relations.
The Allen County Visionaries presented the prestigious Visionary of the Year Awards at their annual dinner Thursday night. These awards are given to members of the Visionaries and members of the community who have worked to promote economic development and the betterment of our community. All proceeds from the dinner go to fund economic development efforts in Allen County.
The Visionary of the Year Award was Jim Reber. Reber is President/CEO of Health Innovations Ohio. He retired as President/CEO of St. Rita's Health Partners in 2012 after 24 years with the hospital.
Champions have been crowned in the TV-44 Whiz Quiz Tournament with Van Wert and St. Marys claiming top title in each respective tournament bracket. The annual televised event included 30 high school quiz teams, divided evenly into two different brackets, each bracket with three days of competition until crowning a champion.
Members of the Bluffton High School graduating class of 1949 recently got together for a 65th class reunion.
Front from left, Treva Althaus Stratton, Anita Althaus Huber, Sue Kempf Groves, Darlyn Garmatter Sommers and Marilyn Moore Hart.
Standing from left, Sara Bracy McCune, Marlene Berry Baumgartner, Ray Wilch, William Burcky, Dean Sommers, Beatrice Leiber Parcell and Colletta Badertscher Mullenhour.
