The thirteenth annual Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) Service of Remembrance will be held at Parkview Christian Church, 15035 State Route 12, Findlay, on Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m.
The non-denominational memorial service will honor BVHS patients and residents who died in 2013. All are welcome to attend the service, which will be followed by a reception.
Blanchard Valley Health System has received a grant from the Northwest Ohio Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for $58,374 to provide free mammograms to uninsured low and middle income women and men in Hancock and surrounding counties through the Hancock County Mammography Screening Initiative (HCMSI). The mammograms are offered at both Woman Wise Mammography in Findlay and Bluffton Hospital.
On behalf of the Bluffton Schools Board of Education and the levy committee, I would like to thank you for your support of our levy on Tuesday, May 6. As always, we at Bluffton Schools will continue to work hard to give our students an excellent education while remaining conscientious of the finances of the district. We are very proud of our school and the community that supports it. Thank you, again, for all you do for our district!
The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library's semi-annual book sale is underway now through Saturday, May 10.
Remaining sale hours are:
May 9, 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.
May 10, 9:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.
All kinds of books can be purchased by donation. Proceeds help fund library
programs. Come have a cup of coffee and a cookie while you browse. Located on the lower
level of the Bluffton Public Library.
Mothers' Day Brunch will be offered at Mustard Seed Café on Sunday from 10-2. There will be no breakfast hours and no regular menu. Reservations are suggested: 567-226-1120.
Karen Mitterholzer of Bluffton is the April Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce cash mob shopping spree winner. Her entry was drawn from persons who attended the cash mob at Town and Country Flowers on April 30.
She wins a $25 shopping spree at Town and Country Flowers, compliments of the chamber, plus a flower bouquet from Town and Country.
Bluffton's next cash mob is Wednesday, May 28, at Timeless Treasures Christian Books, 124 N. Main St. Watch the Icon for more details about May's cash mob.
Bluffton Public Library is a busy place in May. Here is a list of some of this month's activities:
• Wednesday, May 7, marks the first day of the annual Friends of the Bluffton Public Library Book Sale. This event will continue until Saturday, May 10. See hours on our website. Lower Level Meeting Room.
• World Fair-Trade Day is May 10 and to celebrate, our display case will exhibit fair trade items for the month of May!
For many college students, graduation means that life in the “real world” is beginning and “studying is over,” the mayor of Lima said at Bluffton University’s commencement ceremony May 4.
“I understand this perspective because I lived it,” added David Berger, noting that he skipped two graduation ceremonies—at the undergraduate and graduate levels—because they weren’t important and he didn’t have time for them. “I was done studying,” he recalled. “I needed to make money, to begin to pay my school debt.”
