Bluffton Diamond Sports raised over $3,000 in a raffle this spring, according to Erinn Prater, organization president.
Here are the winners of the drawings:
Memorial Day Reds Tickets - Melissa Verb 1st place Red Tickets for Aug game - Aaron Donaldson 2nd place Ticketmaster gift card for tickets - Larry Core 3rd place Mudhens gift cert for tickets - Mike Hawk 4th place Mudhens gift cert for tickets - Carmen Luginbuhl
Apollo Career Center recognized Zachary Justus, Construction and Equipment Technology graduate from Bluffton as the outstanding senior in his career-technical program.
He has been awarded a GROB Systems, Inc./Apollo Educational Foundation Scholarship.
Each scholarship is named for the scholarship sponsor, and is comprised of trade-related tools to assist students in the pursuit of their educational and career goals.
Here's a story from the current issue of "The Visioneer," which includes project updates on Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio's New Vision Campaign. The compete issue of the newsletter is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.
“Suzie” was among the first elders to move to Willow Ridge. Because of a stroke suffered five years earlier, Suzie had difficulty finding words, finishing thoughts and interacting with people. A few weeks after Suzie moved to Willow Ridge, she was enjoying the hearth room when she began speaking.
A beautiful tenor voice floated out through the Maple Crest halls last Friday afternoon as Luis Torres led a hymn sing for residents.
His wife, Pearl, accompanied the singers on the grand piano. Luis and Pearl, from Puerto Rico, are personally connected with Bluffton and with the Maple Crest community.
In the 1940s, several Mennonite couples from Bluffton served under the Civilian Public Service program in a hospital in Puerto Rico and made an initial contact with Luis’ church.
