Dan and Edna Dalke, Inman, Kan., formerly of Bluffton, will celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary on Jan. 22. Rev. Dalke is a former pastor of Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Bluffton.
Rev. Dalke provided the following information about the couple's wedding:
"On Jan. 22, one day after the great blizzard of 1943 only one half of the invited and expected guests were able to assemble at the country church for the wedding of Edna Elizabeth Franz and Dan U. Dalke. The church was (still is) 20 miles from the nearest town.
The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library has announced its meeting schedule for 2014. Meetings will be held the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the library's Riley Board Room at 145 South Main St., Bluffton. No meetings will take place in July or December.
Board members are Elizabeth Hostetler, president; Bob Beer, vice president; Carrie Phillips, secretary; Emily Goldsberry, Amy Lehman-Mikesell, Robert Scott and Nancy Yeager. The meetings are open to the public.
The Bluffton Lions club is offering two $500 educational scholarships this spring to graduating seniors in the Bluffton, Pandora-Gilboa or Cory-Rawson school districts.
Interested students should contact their school guidance counselor for an application and more information.
The annual Keeping Active program is beginning at BFR on Jan. 20 and ending Feb. 28, according to Carole Enneking, BFR director.
She said, "Over the next six weeks, individuals and families are encouraged to learn more about healthy eating and add more activity to their schedules."
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Have you ever wanted to create a quilt from your household collection of old t-shirts?
The Bluffton Senior Center can help. The Center's experts can give advice on preparing and sewing the t-shirts and its volunteers can knot the finished top.
Call the Senior Center at 419-358-8971 for pricing and times.
