September 2010

Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH), Findlay, is opening a new center for OB/GYN and pediatric care. The Women and Children's Center of Blanchard Valley Hospital will begin seeing patients Monday, Sept. 13 at their office located at 1818 Chapel Drive, Suite C, Findlay.

Obstetrics and gynecology services will be provided by Dr. Miguel Jordan, Dr. Mary Long, Dr. Kristi Pedler and Certified Nurse Practitioner Teresa Jones. Pediatric care will be provided by Dr. Ailing Chen.

The Bluffton High School girls tennis team won both its midweek matches, topping Defiance 4-1 Wednesday and Lima Senior 5-0 Thursday. The girls play Saturday at the Elida Invitational.

Singles winners in both matches for the Lady Pirates were Emily Sprague, Shannon Koch and Jess Hunter. Ashlin Gable and Kristi Geiser won at No. 1 doubles against Defiance, while Shaye Liddick and Liz Diller lost due to injury in that match. Lima Senior forfeited both doubles matches due to lack of players.

A Punt, Pass and Kick competition will be hosted on Saturday, Sept. 18, at Trinity Lutheran School's field across from the school at 105 Allen St., Jenera.

Registration is at 12:30 p.m. prior to the 1 p.m. event and participants between the ages of 6 and 15 years should bring their birth certificates.

Marilyn Bishop, president of the Bluffton Travel Class presents Cindi Chasse, Bluffton Public Library administrator, a check for $110. The check represents the 110th year in existence of the Travel Class.

The Bluffton Travel Class has issued an interesting challenge to Bluffton clubs and organizations. To help the Bluffton Public Library celebrate its 75th anniversary this month, the Travel Class has donated $110 to the library.

Jesse Henry

Are you ready for Gumbyfest 2010? The 'fest, now in its second year, includes a hog roast and music by former Bluffton resident Jesse Henry, who is bringing his band The Spikedrivers. (www.thespikedrivers.com)

It all takes place at the Crawfis residence, 8795 Phillips Road, Bluffton, from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11.

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As managers for a senior citizen apartment building here in Bluffton, my wife and I are often approached by various organizations interested in helping out, or wondering what donations could be made to support our residents.

Of course we are always grateful for the interaction (as are our residents), and we normally direct these groups to some recurring effort such as Bingo, or food donations.

Shepherd's Flock Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Bluffton, is offering a free home Bible study.

"Exploring God's Word is a non-denominational study taking students from Genesis to Revelation and unveiling the method of study and proper interpretation of the Bible. It is intended to assist one in discovering the way to find and understand scripture in its proper context, and help the recipient to properly study the Word," said Mark Neddeau, pastor.

The Blanchard Valley Health Foundation has received a donation from the Great Lakes Conference Foundation of the Churches of God for the establishment of a Spiritual Care Endowment.

This endowment will sustain and promote spiritual care for Blanchard Valley Health System patients, physicians, nurses and associates. It will also help provide education and mentoring support for spiritual caregivers in the community.

That state up north offers its vehicle drivers some rather attractive license plate options. Here is one. The Icon spotted this plate in a university parking lot.

The Inn at Ohio Northern University offers Thursday Tea at the Inn every Thursday afternoon from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Inn. The garden courtyard is open for seating (weather permitting).

The next date is Sept. 9 for Thursday Tea at the Inn. Featured tea is Sweet Cranberry Black with accompanied dessert of cheesecake with cranberry relish, along with a selection of Chef's Tea Sandwiches, Scones, Pastries, Tarts and Petite Fours. Champagne is also available.

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