Surrounding Bill Watkins are several staff members of the Bluffton Hospital who gathered in the lobby on Monday to celebrate their fourth straight Press Ganey Summet Award.
The hospital has been named one of only 44 inpatient hospitals in the United States, and one of only six hospitals in Ohio, to receive the 2012 Press Ganey Summit Award for patient satisfaction. Bluffton is the only non-profit critical access acute care hospital in the nation to have received this award for four consecutive years.
Roger Edwards claims he works for "peanuts." He is part of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center Monday morning peanut brittle crew. Bluffton's favorite holiday candy is now on sale at the Center for $5 a bag.
Peter Suter of Shannon Theatre announced that "Rise of the Guardians" (PG) and will be shown at the theatre from November 21-29.
2D show times are every evening at 7:00 and 9:30 PM with Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 and 4:00 PM. 3D show times are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday morning at 11:00 AM only.
The Shannon Theatre will be open for normal evening shows on Thanksgiving.
Bluffton University will present a history of student life on campus through words and pictures at a campus forum on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
Employing a talk-show format, “Late Night with Student Life: Live from Founders Hall” is free and open to the public beginning at 11 a.m.
Dr. Julie DeGraw, vice president for student life and dean of students, will lead the look back and end with her office’s current mission and how it hopes to serve students.
Bluffton University’s Camerata Singers, University Chorale and Saxophone Trio will headline “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,” the university’s annual Christmas choral concert, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The program is designed around a historical structure of Scripture readings and Christmas carols. The readings, taken from prophetic writings about the Messiah’s coming and from the Christmas story, are interspersed with various Christmas pieces.
