Just a reminder that the village of Bluffton trick-or-treat is still set for 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31.
• Bluffton Family Recreation will accept Halloweeners from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
• Members of Bluffton University’s Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association and Bluffton Education Association are inviting community members and trick-or-treaters to Mosiman Hall from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Classrooms will be decorated for the Halloween holiday and treats will be handed out.
St. Rita’s Medical Center will host The 2019 Palliative Care and Hospice Symposium, focusing on presentations and discussion on palliative and hospice care and dispelling the myths that surround these services.
The event is Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the UNOH Event Center, 450 N Cable Road, Lima. Registration begins at 7:15 a.m., with presentations take place from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch are provided to those who attend. Additional registration and agenda is at Eventbrite.com, or by calling 419-226-9353.
Mercy Health has announced the expansion and enhanced access to urology care in the Lima region with the addition of new urological specialists at St. Rita’s Medical Center.
Bradley Buck, MD, Daniel Murtagh, MD; Omar Khan, MD, and Hesham Mostafa, MD; have partnered with Ignacio Sarmina, MD, and the team at Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Urology.
All 2019 building permits are posted at the bottom of this story -
Village of Bluffton building permits totaled nearly $850,000 in the third quarter of 2019, according to the village office.
Twenty-four permits were issued from July 1 through Sept. 30, which included five commercial and the rest residential. The largest two permits in the third quarter were houses, listed at $293,000 and $290,000.
Total Bluffton building permits for 2019 have reached $2.3 million. The chart below lists all permits filed this year.