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BVH Environmental Services named national department of the year runner up

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 17, 2012 - 8:19pm

The Blanchard Valley Hospital Environmental Services department, Findlay, also known as housekeeping, has received the 2012 Environmental Services Department of the Year Runner Up award from Health Forum’s Health Facilities Management magazine and the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE).

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Bluffton schools open house Sept. 24

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 17, 2012 - 8:17pm

 

The Bluffton Schools will hold a district-wide open house on Monday, Sept. 24.  The elementary school will be open from 6 – 7 p.m., the middle school from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., and the high school from 7 – 8 p.m.

Several community organizations will have booths set-up in the elementary gymnasium and information will be available on ways to provide support to the school and community.

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Here's a very friendly license plate

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 14, 2012 - 4:45pm

Here's the friendliest plate we've spotted in a long time. We saw this in the Ada school parking lot. Wonder how many AMIGO with numbers behind them now exist? This was the first one.

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AARP conducts listening session on future of Medicare and Social Security Sept. 20 at Senior Center

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 14, 2012 - 4:16pm

The Association of American Retired Persons (AARP) Ohio volunteers are conducting "You've Earned a Say" listening sessions in communities across the state to give Ohioans the chance to make their voices heard on the future of Medicare and Social Security.

Kalida residents Jim and Cheryl Fortman, who volunteer with the AARP Ohio advocacy team, are teaming up with the Bluffton Senior Citizens Association to offer a “You've Earned a Say” listening session. The event is at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Center. All ages are welcome.

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Community Assistance Program served 802 persons in 2011-12

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 14, 2012 - 3:50pm

Bluffton's food safety net is the Bluffton Community Assistance Program. It operates the Bluffton food pantry housed in St. John's United Church of Christ.

Rev. Kevin Mohr, pastor of English Lutheran Church and president of the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, told Bluffton chamber members about the work of the program at the Sept. 14 chamber breakfast in the town hall. Nearly 70 persons attended.

Mohr told about the many projects of the Community Assistance Prorgram. He also shared the annual report of the organization from June 2011 to May 2012.

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Bluffton Lions newsletter now on The Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 13, 2012 - 9:59pm

Doug Luginbill will provide a tour of the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Green Houses during the Oct. 2 Bluffton Lions Club meeting. On Oct. 16 Dick Ramseyer will give club members an update of this year's Corvette raffle project.

For a copy of the Lions Club September newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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