The library will host a Poetry Teatime on Feb. 13 at 3:30 p.m. featuring a time around the table exploring poetry together in a relaxed setting with a pot of tea and some treats.

Focus is on exposure to and enjoyment of poetry.

Please register before Feb. 9 if you wish to attend and let staff know of any special dietary requirements. All ages are welcome, but children under 8 must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Free screenings for blood pressure, blood glucose and lipids

Bluffton Public Library will  host a Mobile Health Clinic on Friday, Feb. 9, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The clinic is led by the Ohio Northern University’s Healthwise staff. This is a program that employs health care providers to provide the local community with knowledge and resources to address health-related concerns and to improve your health.

There will be free screenings for:
• blood pressure,
• blood glucose, and
• lipids (please fast for 12 hours for the lipids screening).

The library will  host another Mobile Health Clinic on Feb. 9 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The clinic is led by the Ohio Northern University’s Healthwise staff. This is a program that employs health care providers to provide the local community with knowledge and resources to address health related concerns and to improve your health.

There's lot more at the public library - here's the schedule

There's plenty of activities in February at Bluffton Public Library. Here's the schedule:

The Winter Book Games reading program for children, teens, and adults continues in February and March. Pick up a Winter Book Games Bingo card at the library or download and print it from our website. Then, read five or more books during the months of January through March to receive a bingo and a completion prize. At this time, you may also enter a drawing to win a larger prize. Fill your entire bingo board for a chance at a second prize entry.

The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library announced its meeting schedule for 2018.

Meetings are the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the library's  Board Room at 145 South Main St., Bluffton. No meetings will take place in July or December.
 
Board members are Elizabeth Hostetler, president; Bob Beer, vice president; Carrie Phillips, secretary; Amy Lehman-Mikesell, Robert Scott, Emily VonStein and Nancy Yeager.
 
Board meetings are open to the public.

The library hosts another ONU Healthwise program with more screening options

Bluffton Public Library is excited to announce that the students and staff of Ohio Northern University's HealthWise program are to return to the library on February 9 (from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.) for another free Mobile Health Clinic.  

This clinic offers free screenings for blood pressure, blood glucose, and lipids (please fast for 12 hours prior to your arrival if you wish to participate in the lipids screening). Participants may speak with Healthwise students and staff about their results or concerns, and even receive referrals to area doctors.

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