Bluffton University's 13th annual alumni and friends golf scramble on July 17 raised $8,000 for university athletics through TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) Bluffton.
Harrod's Colonial Golfers Club hosted the event, which drew 112 golfers from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Arizona, Colorado and Florida.
The winners of the scramble received monetary prizes. Tom Holtsberry of Harrod teamed with Bob Marshall, Randy Prince and Brad Selover, all from Elida, to take home first-place honors.
Bluffton University will offer two mathematics workshops for middle and high school math teachers and intervention specialists Aug. 10-12.
Marilyn Link of Coldwater, will teach "Become a Master Teacher in Middle School Geometry Topics," while Duane Bollenbacher, an adjunct Bluffton faculty member, will be the instructor for "205 Things that Every High School Mathematics Teacher, Especially Younger Ones, Should Know."
Work continues on the Bluffton Hospital project. Here are construction plans for next week. Don Snyder Excavating has been working on site preparation on the north east corner of the hospital extending into what was the parking lot off of Harmon Road.
Charles Construction Services will begin pouring footers for the new Emergency Department. After footers are in place, they will begin forming walls for the structure.
Rain appears to be scarce in this parts recently, except on selected acerage between Bluffton and Pandora. This sprayers making the world a greener place at the corner of Bixel and Pandora roads.
An opportunity for persons in the community who need unemployment assistance is planned at 10 a.m., Friday, July 23, at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
The event is being organized by Mark Neddean of Vance Street Apartments. According to the senior citizens newsletter, the event is to help those affected by recent or long-term unemployment.
