Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center newly developed emergency medical center has received its initial accreditation.
The Emergency Medicine Residency Program is a three-year program and is approved for a total of 18 accredited resident positions. Medical student candidates will be able to apply in the fall 2019 and St. Rita's will participate in the 2020 National Resident Matching Program. The first class of six residents will start July 1, 2020.
Blanchard River Watershed Partnership receives a $142,020 grant for the “Innovative Use of the Nutrient Tracking Tool in the Lower Riley Creek watershed.”
Watch the brief video at the bottom explaining watersheds.
The Great Lakes Commission has awarded the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) a $142,020 grant under the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program (GLSNRP).
Poet Matt Hart will give a public reading at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Marbeck Center’s Kreider Room at Bluffton University.
Hart is the author of “Radiant Action,” “Radiant Companion,” and several other collections of poetry. His awards include a Pushcart Prize, a 2013 individual artist grant from The Shifting Foundation and several fellowships. Additionally, he is cofounder and the editor-in-chief of “Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking and Light Industrial Safety.”
Hart lives in Cincinnati where he teaches at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
Bluffton Presbyterian Church will hold a community picnic from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 22, at the church on the corner of Main and Cherry streets.
The free picnic includes shredded chicken sandwiches and hotdogs, cookies, snacks, drinks, music and games.
For more details visit the church Facebook by clicking here.
