The next Sunday buffet at Maple Crest Senior Living of Bluffton is June 22, according to Daren Lee, director of Maple Crest. The buffet menu includes Monterey chicken with salsa, baked herbed salmon, wild rice, a vegetable medley, dinner rolls, strawberry pie and coffee and iced tea.
The buffet is in the Patio Room at Maple Crest from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. It is open to all adults 55 and older at a cost of $7.50 per person.
The Bluffton Police Department, in conjunction with the Pandora Police Department, is planning on holding their 1st annual National Night Out celebration on Tuesday August 5, 2014. The Bluffton, Beaverdam, and Pandora Fire and EMS Departments have also been invited to participate in this event. The Bluffton, Pandora, and Beaverdam communities are all invited to attend.
The Alzheimer’s Support Group of Bluffton meets the third Monday of every month at 3:30 p.m. in the library of Mennonite Memorial Home. Facilitators include E. Koogler, LSW, and T. Herrmann, RN.
An Alzheimer’s diagnosis is not required. Support is offered to caregivers as well as to those affected by dementia or cognitive changes.
On Friday, June 20, Richland Manor will hold its Annual Cruise In at 7400 Swaney Road, Bluffton. From 4-7 p.m., cruise on over to Richland Manor for a community event including a cookout, cold treats and classic music.
Ashley Brooke Fields, formerly of Bluffton, and Jonathan David Lucas, formerly of Findlay, announce their engagement. The couple will be married Oct. 25, 2014 at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Findlay.
Ashley is the daughter of Amie Stratton and Robert Fields of Bluffton. She graduated from Bluffton High School in 2007 and is a graduate of Ohio Northern University with a bachelor's degree in Nursing. Ashley is employed at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C. as a nurse in the cardiothoracic surgical step-down unit.
There are probably more nurses in Bluffton than you might expect.
Maple Crest hosted an alumni gathering of The Mennonite College of Nursing from Illinois State University, Normal, Ill., on June 16. Attending were several Bluffton residents who are graduates of the school.
Persons in the photo accompanying this story are, from left, Doris Garmatter Hamman, Mary Ann Watkins, Marcie Sommer Duehr, Willadene Keeney, Elfrieda Landes Ramseyer and Janet Krejci. Click on photo to enlarge.
