The next Maple Crest Senior Living, Bluffton, Sunday buffet is July 20, according to Daren Lee, director of Maple Crest.
The menu includes:
• Grilled flank steak with mushroom sauce
• Chicken florentine with pesto pasta
• Herb roasted red potatoes
• Fresh sauteed squash and zucchini
• Dinner rolls
• Sugar cream pie
• coffee and iced tea.
The buffet is in the Patio Room at Maple Crest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is open to all adults 55 and older at a cost of $7.50 per person.
Mark Bixel, son of Dean and Brenda Bixel of Bluffton, was the winner of the 2014 Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Gene Marcus Piano Competition.
He was the first place winner in the Senior Division. First round auditions were held May 17 and 18 with the final round of competition held in June at IPFW.
Mark, 16, will be a junior at Bluffton High School in the fall. He has been studying piano since the age of 4 with his teacher, Kathleen Price of Findlay. He performed Aufschwung, from Fantasiestucke, Op.12 by Robert Schumann for the winners recital.
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.
