Bluffton Hospital Wins National Patient Satisfaction Award For Third Consecutive Year
Bluffton Hospital has been named one of only 37 inpatient hospitals in the United States to receive the 2011 Press Ganey Summit Award for patient satisfaction. This is the third consecutive year Bluffton Hospital has received this honor, according to William Watkins of the hospital.
The Press Ganey Summit Award is given to health care facilities across the nation that sustain the highest level of customer satisfaction for three or more consecutive years.
This year's Blaze has the "ultimate cool." And you may even take it home if the price is right.
New to this year's Blaze is a presentation by ice sculptor Chad Hartson of Ice Creations, from Napoleon. He is one of America's leading sculptors with national and international recognition.
Beginning at 4 p.m., as the crowd watches, Hartson will work with a block of ice 40 by 20 by 10 inches and over the next 45 minutes will create an ornate snowflake. The work will then be auctioned.
Hartson's work is described as a the "ultimate cool."
Want to win an easy $200? Can you handle $100...how about $50?
It's simple. Enter the 2011 Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce residential lighting contest.
To help inspire some new decorating in town, the chamber decided to dangle these green carrots in front of residents.
Here's how it works:
Any resident within the Village of Bluffton corporation limits may enter the 2011 holiday residential lighting contest sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
OSU DC BU - our best guess is Ohio State Unviversity - Defiance College (do you have a better idea?) and Bluffton University. Toss in Shawnee and you have a four school plate. Tough to top this. The Icon spotted this plate in the CNB parking lot on Main Street.
This may require some thinking and a little imagination. We're pretty certain that this is a photograph of the Elmer Short greenhouse from the inside looking toward Grove Street.
Thie location of this greenhouse is today the garage on the Main Street side of the English Lutheran Church. The property is owned by Dean and Judy Augburger.
Too bad we can't identify the automobile parked in front. It almost resembles a "woody."
Icon viewers with better eyesight are encouraged to provide more details.
One night after Bluffton took down tournament host Webster in overtime for Coach Neal's 250th career victory, the Beavers made sure everyone got their money's worth when they downed Rust College 97-94 in three overtimes.
Pam Raabe, Bluffton elementary teacher, has tendered her resignation to the Bluffton school board, effective Nov. 28. Her resignation is one items on the 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 21, Bluffton school board meeting, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.
WEEK 13 IS THE FINAL COLLEGE REGULAR SEASON CONTEST
The winner of Week 12 of The Icon College Football Contest is Jared Lehman. Jared accumulated 8 points this week.
Other contestants:
7 points - Andy Althaus and John Clevidence.
6 points - Duane Bollenbacher and Lyle Arnold.
5 points - Andy Borgelt, James Crawfis, Jim Dillman, Joe Suter, Mike Burris and Nancy Armour.
4 points - Dan Smith and Mark Sommers.
3 points - Bill Edwards.
Any resident within the Village of Bluffton corporation limits may enter the 2011 holiday residential lighting contest sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
Cash prizes will be offered this year, to create a greater interest in the contest.
Three prizes will be awarded:
o First place, a $200 cash prize
o Second place, a $100 cash prize
o Third place, a $50 cash prize
Judging will take place Friday evening, Dec. 2. The Blaze of Lights committee will judge the residential contest.
Donald L. "Rick" Reichenbach, 84 of Pandora died at 10:30 p.m., Nov. 17, 2011 at his winter home in Florida. He was born in Riley Township on Aug. 19, 1927 to Homer and Selma Roethlisberger Reichenbach. On June 21, 1953 he married Shirley Smith and she survives.
Mr. Reichenbach was a nine-year Veteran of the United States Navy serving in both WWII and the Korean War.
