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Leland Badertscher, Arnie Price receive life memberships in Sr. Center

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 4, 2010 - 2:57pm

It's vacation month, but the calendar is full at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. Here are some of the activities planned this month:

Calendar events

July 7 - Mystery trip departs, 8:30 a.m.

Blood pressure clinic, 10:30 a.m.-noon

Exercise class, 1:30 p.m.

July 17 - Monthly dinner meeting, catered Anita's Kitchen, 6 p.m.

July 15 - Community meal, 6 p.m.

July 24 - Bus trip to Bearcreek, departs at 9:45 a.m.

Specific details

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Traditional ER entrance to Bluffton Hospital will close this week

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 4, 2010 - 1:45pm

The "traditional" emergency room entrance to the Bluffton Hospital will be closed during construction this week at the hospital.

Other construction plans include:

Concrete blocks are continuing to be laid for walls

Concrete is being poured for the parking lot on the corner of Kibler and Harmon roads. This parking lot will be for associate, volunteer and physician parking.

Completing underground plumbing for the new surgery area

Pouring concrete floors for the new surgery area

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Town hall clock tower restoration project in memory of Lois E. Basinger

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 4, 2010 - 6:57am

In late June the village recognized Jo Souder who provided funds for the Bluffton town hall tower clock restoration. The project was donated in the memory of Lois E. Basinger (1918-2006). Dick and Jayne McGarrity provided the following information about the restoration.

Jo Souder and Lois Basinger shared a passion for antique clocks and travel, having accumulated quite a collection. Often they would purchase a clock that needed repair and take it to Cincinnati or even Chicago for repair.

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Swiss Historical Society celebrates 50th

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 1, 2010 - 7:47am

Submitted by Phil Kingsley

Swiss Day, held on Sunday, June 27, this year celebrated both the 50th anniversary of the Bluffton-Pandora Swiss Community Historical Society and the completion of restoration work on its historic Schumacher House at the Swiss Homestead on Bixel Road.

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Block foundation will begin at hospital construction site

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 28, 2010 - 1:00pm

Bluffton Hospital construction update for the week of June 28 has been announced.

Contractors will be laying block foundation and plumbing for the new surgery area near the corner of Garau and Harmon Road.

The fine grade of the new parking lot at Harmon Road and Kibler Street will be completed.

Weather permitting, concrete pour may begin for the new Harmon Road/Kibler Street parking lot later this week. This will make some areas of the Harmon Road parking lot unavailable.

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Another Ka Boom!

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 27, 2010 - 4:17pm

Fireworks photo by Jamie Nygaard.

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