Beginning Sept. 9, storytime for preschoolers ages 3 to 5 will be held at the Bluffton Public Library at 6:30 p.m. on Mondays and at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays. Sessions will continue until the second week of December.
The Allen County Master Gardener Association will be hosting The Butterfly Migration Celebration on Sunday, September 8, 2013 beginning at 2 p.m. at The Children’s Garden in Lima.
This unique event features the release of dozens of monarch butterflies; butterfly-themed children’s activities; an educational butterfly presentation and much more.
Nine-year-old Eli Okuley, a Bluffton fourth grader, is a first year 4-H member of the Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Club.
He attended the 2013 Allen County Fair and entered Breeding Rabbits as his project. Eli's interest in rabbits began at the age of 5 when he obtained his first rabbit, a Dutch breed at a garage sale and named her Sophie. That same garage sale rabbit attended the Allen County Fair this year and helped him receive his Showmanship award.
Putnam County Primary Care in Leipsic is holding an open house of their new office location at 901 E. Main Street, Suite A, Leipsic. The open house will be held Tuesday, September 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. Guided tours and refreshments will be offered.
Putnam County Primary Care in Leipsic offers care for all ages provided by Certified Nurse Practitioner Kathy Selhorst. Kathy is accepting new patients. For more information or to make an appointment, call 419.943.2130.
Certified nurse practitioner and sexual health counselor Mary Brown will be providing gynecological care at Putnam County Primary Care Leipsic, 901 E. Main Street, Suite A, Leipsic, beginning Friday, September 6. She will see patients in Leipsic every Friday from 8 a.m. to noon.
Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Lourdes College and a master’s degree in nursing/women’s health nurse practitioner from the University of Cincinnati. She also received a certificate in sexual health counseling from the University of Michigan.
According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer this past week has been fairly typical of late August weather. The saving grace of these steamy days is that we do know fall is right around the corner.
The temperatures from Monday, Aug. 19 through Monday, Aug. 26 saw highs in the low to mid-80's with overnight lows ranging from the mid-50's to mid-60's. Most would agree, not too bad at all.
We did get some precipitation, with most all (over a quarter of an inch) falling on the afternoon of Thursday, August 22.
Chris Keller, vice president, clinical services, Blanchard Valley Health Systems, is the new Chief Administrative Officer of Bluffton Hospital. She was introduced to Bluffton council members on Monday evening.
She is replacing William Watkins, who has accepted a new assignment in the BVHS in Findlay. For the past 18 months in addition to his duties as Bluffton’s CAO, Watkins has also served as CAO of Blanchard Valley Medical Practices.
Watkins’ last day at Bluffton is Tuesday. He joined the hospital staff in July of 1979 as Director of Finance and eventually became CAO.
Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), an educational program for retirees, is offering nine courses on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from Sept. 23-Nov. 14.
Cost to take three or more courses is $100. Individuals may take one or two courses for $35 each. Registration and, if applicable, course fees are due at the time of registration; Sept. 18 is the deadline to register. Unless otherwise noted, classes will meet in the ILR classroom, located in Shultz Hall of Riley Court on campus.
From left to right – Rose Hostetler, Jeanine and Floyd Hartman
Many Maple Crest elders lived on farms in their childhoods or in their adult years, so it was a real treat for some of them to tour the Challenged Champions Equestrian Center in Ottawa recently.
As we are closer and closer to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the opening of the Public and Private Health Insurance Exchanges starting Oct. 1, 2013, there are still many missing pieces to the puzzle.
