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The Service Group of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) is selling fall flower bulbs as a fundraiser to support projects and programs that benefit the elders living at MHCO. 

The Maple Crest activity calendar is now posted on The Icon. To view a printer-friendly calendar open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Ten new staff persons have joined the Bluffton schools this school year. Here is information about those persons, from the recently released school newsletter to the community.

Kyle Leatherman – Middle School Principal
Kyle Leatherman, the middle school principal and director of transportation, spent the past six years at Gibsonburg where he taught business and technology to students in grades 7-12 and was the head softball coach and webmaster.

Jeff Stratton, First National Bank, is selected to participate in the Hancock Leadership ’14 class. The class was chosen from applicants submitted by residents of Findlay and Hancock County.

HL ’14 will participate in a nine-month seminar program, which began with a Saturday retreat in August.  During the class year, members will be exposed to many aspects of the Findlay-Hancock County community including agriculture, city/county infrastructure, local history, legal system, public safety, business and economic development, health and human services, education and arts and media.

As part of Bluffton's Saturday, Sept. 28, fall festival, Mennonite Memorial Home and Maple Crest will hold several events.

At Mennonite Memorial Home
• Silent acution, bake sale, luncheon, kettle corn, horse and wage ride, straw dig and kiddie train ride

At Maple Crest
• Apple crisp and cinnamon ice cream, antique tractor show and kiddie tractor pull, fishing derby

Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Watch the Icon for more details coming.

September worship services are set at Mennonite Memorial Home. The schedule follows:

Sundays, 9:30 a.m.
Sept. 1 - Mike Downey
Sept. 8 - Chaplain Bill Herr
Sept. 15 - Elizabeth Kelly
Sept. 22 - Chaplain Bill Herr
Sept. 29 - Gary Reese

Tuesday evening, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 3 - Rev. Steve Ramsey, Good Hope Lutheran
Sep. 10 - Rev. Jerry Lewis, Pleasant View United Methodist
Sept. 17 - Rev. Louise Wideman, First Mennonite
Sept. 24 - Rev. Carol Clements, St. John's United Church of Christ

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