The First Mennonite Church Mennonite Women 2011-12 programming schedule is in place.
The first meeting is Monday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. The theme is Wonderfully Made - Caring for Self: A Mennonite Spa. Refreshments are by Linda Suter and Mary Ann Ring.
Meeting themes this year are "Wonderfully Made: Women, Faith and Self-Care." Meetings are Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Nov. 15, Jan. 12, Feb. 13, March 12, March 13, April to be announced and July 11.
Danielle Laing has returned home. The 1987 (Danielle Kihm) Bluffton High School graduate was named Bluffton Post Office officer in charge on Aug. 31.
She and her husband, Steve, also a Bluffton High School graduate, are parents to two children and live in the Columbus Grove school district. Laing has nearly 15 years experience in the post office. In addition to her Bluffton assignment, she is also postmaster at Alger.
Beginning Monday, Sept. 12, storytime for preschoolers ages 3-5 will be held at the Bluffton Public Library on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Themes this fall include apples, scarecrows, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Storytime will also celebrate National Honey Month in September and Young Reader's Day on Nov. 8.
Don and Jodi Brauen's Gourds fall open house is coming soon. The event is Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17-18, at the Brauen rural home at 7140 Tom Fett Road, south of Bluffton.
Open house hours are Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. The open house is held one-half time north of Stratton's Greenhouse between Old U.S. 30 and Shifferly Road.
The Brauen's phone number is 419-358-2324. This year's open house includes fall and winter designs and many more. Many new designs are part of this year's open house.
Lyle Arnold won the first Icon college football contest. He picked eight correct games and was closest to the acutal score of the Blufton-Kalamazoo game of all contestants in the tie-breaker.
Other results:
8 correct - Michael Hainline, Robert Rockefeller, Brad Smith and Luke Amstutz.
7 correct - Mike Burris, Randy Spallinger, Mark Sommers, Nancy Armour, Andy Althaus, Nathan Davis, David Glick, Andy Borgelt, Scott Gleason and Dan Smith.
