The Bluffton Senior Citizens Center will host a Mennonite Memorial Home program on gardening. The event is at 7 p.m., Monday, April 18, featuring Gretchen Staley as the speaker. The program will take place at the Senior Center, 132 N. Main St.
Staley, a master gardener, will talk about container gardens. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served by MMH.
An Easter bake sale is planned at the Mennonite Memorial Home from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, April 22. The sale is in the MMH lobby at 410 W. Elm St.Proceeds go to The Service Group of the Mennonite Memorial Home Communities of Ohio.
The Easter Bunny and some of the McDonald's Restaurant characters will visit youth at this year's community Easter egg hunt.
The egg hunt is at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 16, at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St.
Children ages 8 and under are welcome to come, hunt for hidden eggs, register for prizes, gift baskets and have their pictures taken with the McDonald's characters.
Doughnuts and refreshments will be provided. Don't be late, the hunt begins at 10 a.m. sharp and the eggs go quickly.
Two local gymnasts have had very successful gymnastics seasons.
Taylor Born, daughter of Darren Born and Dominic and Ricki Francis is a 3rd grade student at Cory-Rawson Elementary.
Elizabeth Bourassa, daughter of Mark and Jackie Bourassa is a 2nd grader at Bluffton Elementary.
Both girls are level 4 gymnasts and train at Halker's Gold Gymnastics in Ottawa. Taylor was the All-Around Champion at the R5 Cup in Cincinnati and placed 5th at the Wolverine Classic and 4th at the Nashville Nights Gymnastics Meet.
