Several residents of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio were winners in the LeadingAge of Ohio "art and writing contest," judged recently. Every participant from Bluffton who entered was a winner. Those persons follow:
July 1st is the deadline for fair entries. Please make sure to get a copy of your entries to Jan. There is a new Facebook page for The Beaverdam Bunch Club so if you or your parents have Facebook, they may join. Please continue to bring in pop tabs for our community service.
Richard and Marylin Basinger will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on July 5, 2014. They were married on July 5, 1964, at the First Mennonite Church in Bluffton, Ohio by the Rev. Jacob T. Friesen.
Parents of the couple are the late Amber and Edna Basinger and the late Donald Dillman. Marylin's mother, Treva Dillman Suter resides in Bluffton at the Mennonite Memorial Home.
Kathy Miles is with her lawn chair, a bag full of items and a Wal-Mart Gift card she won in the Thrivent Financial free drawing held at the Bluffton Area Relay for Life. The items were provided by Thrivent Financial.
On June 23 the Bluffton Shuffleboard Club held their first-ever Battle of the Sexes tournament, according to Ralph Peterson, president of the club.
In a tight match, the men won 21-17. Four rounds were played with the men leading by four points after the first round and then holding on to win by just four points.
One shuffler, Sylvia Smith, won all four of her matches.
BVH Associate Named a Top 40 Under 40 Laboratory Leader Blanchard Valley Hospital laboratory manager Shawn Griggs has been named one of the American Society for Clinical Pathology’s (ASCP) “40 Under 40” for his achievements in the medical laboratory field.
Griggs has been a BVH laboratory associate for the past 15 years. A graduate of Ohio Northern University, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in medical technology and completed a laboratory externship at the Boston V.A. Medical Center School of Medical Technology in Boston, Mass.
