Wanda Pannabecker receives life membership in Senior Center on June 11
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.
June's community meals are on the 7th, hosted by Bluffton Presbyterian, and the 21st, hosted by St. Mary's Catholic. Meals are free and open to the public. Meals begin at 6 p.m. Donatations support the Bluffton Food Pantry.
The center's gift shop seeks volunteers who can sew strips for the rugs or weave the rugs. Contact mary Koontz or Tonya Meyer for details.
Several other events take place in June and this summer at the Center. To view the June newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
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