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The Service Group of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio hosts a soup and sandwich supper from 4 to 6:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 27, in the chapel of the Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.

The supper will be available for dining-in or carry-out. The menu includes the following soups: broccoli and cheese, ham and bean, and chicken-noodle vegetable.

Sandwiches include shredded beef and barbecue pork. A variety of homemade pies are available. The cost for a bowl of soup, sandwich and slice of piece with beverage is $8. For children 10 and under, the cost is $4.

A discussion of Tracy Kidder's book "Strength in What Remains" will take place in the family room of Maple Crest Senior Living Village on Monday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m. Maple Crest Senior Living Village is located at 700 Maple Crest Ct., Bluffton.

Copies of the book may be requested at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., Bluffton.

Four senior girls have been recognized by Bluffton High School as students of the month for October, November, December and January.

October
Jenna Buroker is October's student of the month. She is a member of Art Club, Show Choir, National Honor Society, Northwest Conference Sportsmanship Committee and Bible study. She has participated in volleyball at BHS. She maintains a 3.935 grade point average.

Jeff Stratton

Jeff Stratton recently joined the staff of First National Bank as a commercial lender in the Findlay market.

Stratton joins First National with over five years of banking experience in Findlay and Columbus. He also worked as wholesale and fundraising manager as well as financial officer with his family business, Stratton Greenhouses, for four years.

He is a graduate of Bluffton High School and Miami University in Oxford, is active in many civic and community activities and is a member of English Lutheran Church in Bluffton where he and his wife, Leisa, reside.

January students of the month were recently announced at the Bluffton Middle School. Their information follows:

6th Graders
Tabitha Geiger is the daughter of Bryan and Jodi Klaus of Bluffton and Troy and Janice Geiger of Houston, Texas. She is a member of the BMS choir and was a Bucs cheerleader.

Kaden Reneker, son of Eric and Angela Reneker of Bluffton, is a member of the BMS choir and Student Senate. He plays basketball, baseball and football. Kaden attends St. Mary's Catholic Church and is a Boy Scout.

Elizabeth Nisly smiles behind her spelling bee trophy

Bluffton eighth grader Elizabeth Nisly for the second year in a row has won the Allen County Spelling Bee.

To advance to the county bee Nisly won the Bluffton Middle School spelling bee as a seventh grader and as an eighth grader.

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