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BVH Associate Named a Top 40 Under 40 Laboratory Leader Blanchard Valley Hospital laboratory manager Shawn Griggs has been named one of the American Society for Clinical Pathology’s (ASCP) “40 Under 40” for his achievements in the medical laboratory field.

Griggs has been a BVH laboratory associate for the past 15 years. A graduate of Ohio Northern University, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in medical technology and completed a laboratory externship at the Boston V.A. Medical Center School of Medical Technology in Boston, Mass.

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On Friday afternoon, June 13th 2014 the Bluffton Lions Club put on the 47th Festival of Wheels and Cruise-in. We strive to make it a better show each year. It takes a lot of volunteers to make it a success.

Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, is the location of the June Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce cash mob.

Cash mob hours are from 3 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 25. According to Christina Walton, bookstore manager, the following special offers will be in effect during the cash mob:

• Selected non-fiction books will be 50% off
• All fiction books will be 40% off
• Customers may enter two free drawings, one for a $25 chapmber-sponsored shopping spree in the story, and another for a $25 shopping spree given by Book ReViews.

Also:

Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 8375 Phillips Road, Bluffton, will hold an ice cream social from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 17 at the church.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for youth 10 and under.

There's what's on the menu:
Lots of good Homemade food!  Something for everyone.

LUNCH SPECIALS
June 24-27

TUESDAY
Chicken Tuscan soup
Chicken pesto melt
Stacked ham
Red white & blue salad

WEDNESDAY
Tomato bisque
Perch platter
Pork tenderloin sandwich
Strawberry crunch salad

THURSDAY
Vegetable beef soup
Turkey bacon panini
Pulled pork sandwich
Blackened salmon salad

FRIDAY
Potato soup
Grilled cheese tomato bacon
Tuna salad melt
BLT salad

The Bluffton Public Library will host M.E. Reach, an author of young adult books, at 2 p.m., Friday, June 27. The program is in the Young Adult section of the library, according to Esther Birkey, Youth Services Coordinator.

Reach has worked with teens and adolescents for nearly 11 years in a variety of contexts, across five states and in two foreign countries. He and his wife, Cassi, and their children, have recently returned to the U.S. after serving in Bangladesh.

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