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Woman Wise offer free screening mammograms April 24

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on April 4, 2015 - 2:20pm

Blanchard Valley Hospital’s Woman Wise Mammography will be offering free screening mammograms Friday, April 24 at Woman Wise located in the EasternWoods Outpatient Center, 15900 Medical Drive South, Findlay, as part of the Hancock County Mammography Screening Initiative (HCMSI).

Appointments for free mammograms will be available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to those who qualify. Women and men must meet eligibility criteria related to age, breast cancer risk and household income.

To learn if you qualify and to schedule an appointment, call 419.423.5451.

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Bulletin Hospital Auxiliary selling flower baskets

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on April 2, 2015 - 8:54pm

The Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary is selling hanging flower baskets now through April 22. Baskets are $20 and can be purchased from the gift shop or volunteer desk at Bluffton Hospital, 139 Garau Street, or by calling 419.423.5342.

Baskets include 12 inch wave petunias available in pink, purple or mixed colors grown by Stratton Greenhouse, Inc. Orders can be picked up at the Bluffton Hospital ER parking lot on May 7 from 3-7 p.m.

All proceeds from the flower sale benefit Bluffton Hospital.

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Sportsmen Club stocks Buckeye Lake

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on April 2, 2015 - 8:52pm

The Bluffton Sportsmen Club has stocked approximately 400 pounds of rainbow
trout in the Buckeye Lake. For membership and other information, call Tom Augsburger at 419-384-3674.

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Farmers' market vendor's meeting April 14 in town hall; opening date May 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 2, 2015 - 6:58pm

Potential vendors for this year’s Bluffton farmers’ market are invited to a vendor information meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 14, at 154 N. Main St. (Bluffton town hall third floor).

This year the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce oversees the market. Greg Probst is the market manager. A chamber farmers’ market subcommittee includes:
• Larry Hoffman, First National Bank, chamber board president
• Phil Zimmerly, Common Grounds coffee shop
• Peter Suter, Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn Co., and Shannon Theatre

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The subject was pedestrian and bike paths in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 2, 2015 - 6:45pm

The subject was pedestrian and bike paths in Bluffton.

Bluffton council’s streets and alleys committee  of Joe Sehlhorst and Roger Warren was updated on the Bluffton Pedestrian and Bike Pathway Steering Committee progress during a joint meeting of both groups on April 2.

Fifteen persons, including several village officials plus pathway members, attended the meeting in the town hall, which was the first-ever between the pathway steering committee and the village.

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Naval Corp of Engineers offers solution to National Quarry problem

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 1, 2015 - 9:35pm

A solution may be at hand for the water seepage problem in the National Quarry (check here for story).

The Naval Corp of Engineers announced plans to will send a project crew to Bluffton next week. That crew will conduct a Seepage Document Projection Analysis (SDPA). One probable solution is to fill the seam with recycled Styrofoam. This water absorbent man-made product has a half-life of 500 years.

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