During my time as chaplain at Mennonite Memorial Home for 24 years, I met a number of residents who were veterans, mostly from World War II. I don't remember all their names, but I remember their stories.
Twenty-five to thirty Bluffton early birds strike while the peanut brittle is hot on Monday mornings in November. Volunteers fill the Bluffton Senior Center kitchen to make some 150 pounds per week as a fundraiser.
There are five stations: 1) the molten brittle boilers, 2) the hot brittle spreaders, 3) brittle breakers, 4) the brittle coolers and 5) brittle weighers and baggers. The video below shows the extremely hot sugar and peanut mixture being poured, turned and spread on trays.
MEDIA RELEASE__Laurel Neufeld Weaver, assistant professor of social work and MSW field education co-director at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, "Activating Resilience: Creating the Trauma-Informed Classroom," at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, in Centennial Hall's Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Neufeld Weaver will explore classroom strategies rooted in trauma-informed practices designed to foster resilience, equity and healing-centered learning environments for all students.
Rolling and brushing of the new artificial turf practice field at the Bluffton Schools were underway on Monday, November 17. The field has a 40-yard midfield line and a big Bluffton Pirate at the center. While the field looks temptingly close to being ready, there are still some elements to be installed. Superintendent Greg Denecker confirmed that yes, elementary students will be using the field for recess. Aerial view provided by Bluffton Schools.
MEDIA RELEASE__"Battling for Bikes" from Bluffton Elementary School earned first place in the Health Action Council Healthy Kids Fall Step It Up Challenge. Team members Jaime Combs, Heidi Steiner and Ryan Dunlap won $1,500 for their school and averaged 808,262 steps.
This Thursday, November 20 is the last official meeting of Women in Business for 2025. The event is at 7 p.m. on the third floor on Town Hall, where the group will gather over cookies to hear and learn from each other.
The program is all about your business and what you care to share. Each participant has up to 3 minutes to talk about whatever they care to share about themselves and their business.
Organizers note that this gathering directly after the Jingle Bell Stroll: "Hope you can still make it, after enjoying the local shopping experience."
