This year's Maple Crest hobby show is Thursday, July 14, from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Patio Room at Maple Crest Senior Living Village in Bluffton.
The community is invited to Maple Crest, which is handicap accessible, to browse through the hobbies and collections of the residents. Some residents may be present with their displays and can answer questions specific to their hobbies, others will be marked with descriptive information cards.
Maple Crest's July calendar of events is now available for Icon viewers to see. The calendar may be opened in its printer-friendly format at the bottom of this story.
A couple dozen volunteers from the UAW 1219 ramp crew made life a lot more comfortable for a Bluffton family.
The crew constructed a wheelchair ramp free of charge on Thursday, June 30.
The ramp crew consists of retired Ford Motor Company employees of Lima. The members volunteer their time to construct wheelchair ramps for persons in the Lima and surrounding area.
Jane Sycks will give a piano recital at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, in the sanctuary of the Bluffton Presbyterian Church.
Pieces to be played include Toccata by Khachaturian, Prelude by Bach, Moonshadows on the Mountain by Jennifer Lian, Pavanne by Martin Gould, the Haydn Sonata, March Wind by MacDowell and Debussy's Clair de Lune.
Bluffton native Matthew Schweingruber, was one of 23 New York City public school teachers who recently received Outstanding Educator of the Year awards sponsored by Education Update.
Schweingruber, a Bluffton High School graduate and son of Don and Nancy Schweingruber, is a teacher at Public School 28, Manhattan.
