The Association of American Retired Persons (AARP) Ohio volunteers are conducting "You've Earned a Say" listening sessions in communities across the state to give Ohioans the chance to make their voices heard on the future of Medicare and Social Security.
Kalida residents Jim and Cheryl Fortman, who volunteer with the AARP Ohio advocacy team, are teaming up with the Bluffton Senior Citizens Association to offer a “You've Earned a Say” listening session. The event is at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Center. All ages are welcome.
Bluffton's food safety net is the Bluffton Community Assistance Program. It operates the Bluffton food pantry housed in St. John's United Church of Christ.
Rev. Kevin Mohr, pastor of English Lutheran Church and president of the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, told Bluffton chamber members about the work of the program at the Sept. 14 chamber breakfast in the town hall. Nearly 70 persons attended.
Mohr told about the many projects of the Community Assistance Prorgram. He also shared the annual report of the organization from June 2011 to May 2012.
Doug Luginbill will provide a tour of the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Green Houses during the Oct. 2 Bluffton Lions Club meeting. On Oct. 16 Dick Ramseyer will give club members an update of this year's Corvette raffle project.
For a copy of the Lions Club September newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
John Christopher Sylak and Emily Jane Glassman will be married at 3 p.m.,Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, Calif. The wedding will be officiated by the couple's close friend, Johannah Murphy. The couple will honeymoon in Maui.
John is the son of Philip and Lois Sylak of Bluffton, and a 2004 graduate of Bluffon High School. Emily is the daughter of Steven and Miriam Glassman of Framingham, Mass., and a 2005 graduate of the Cambridge School of Weston.
Come uptown and have a chance to win – gift cards and prizes from Bluffton merchants.
This week 2,600 Bluffton postal customers will receive a post card inviting them to “shop, sip, eat, play, local.” In a nutshell its message encourages shopping locally.
The postcard makes area residents aware of a Bluffton merchants and Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce major fall promotion. It centers on a concept titled “3/50 Project.” The nationwide project carries the tagline: “Save your local economy three stores at a time.”
