By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
A weekly class for Bridge Home Health & Hospice training in Bluffton has been under way and going strong since early May.
"We hold classes four times a year," said Julie Tiell, volunteer coordinator for Bridge Hospice. "This is the first year we have held such classes here in Bluffton."
Wanda Pannabecker will receive a life membership at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center's June dinner meeting upon reaching her 90th birthday in June.
The dinner meeting, held at 6 p.m., Monday, June 11, at the Center, is catered by Schnipke Inn, Ottawa. The menu is baked steak, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, cole slaw, dinner roll and strawberry pie. Tickets are $7 are must be purchased by June 6.
Dr. David Houston will present a program on Haiti at the meeting. Barbara Shinaberry is the MC. Anna Ruth Reichenbach and friends are hostesses.
Ralph and Melba Gerber celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Ralph and Melba (Martin) Gerber of Bluffton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 3, 2012. They were married by Rev. John D. Zehr at Yellow Creek Mennonite Church in Wakarusa, Ind., on June 3, 1962.
They have three daughters: Dave and Lori (Gerber) Burkholder, Ed and Terri (Gerber) Ward, and Marvin and Kelli (Gerber) Foster. Ralph and Melba have six grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.
Eric Fulcomer, Bluffton mayor, is the guest speaker at the 11:50 a.m., Tuesday, June 5, meeting of the Bluffton Lions Club.
The club meets in the Patio Room of Maple Crest on Augsburger Road. For an update on all Bluffton Lions activities, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
