The Hancock County Commissioners, the Hancock Public Health Department and the Blanchard River Watershed Partnershipare pleased to announce that the Ohio EPA has awarded a $150,000 grant to help low income families in the county replace/repair failing Home Septic Treatment Systems (HSTS). The grant will start in May 2016 and applies to Hancock County residents.
Blanchard Valley Hospital is proud to announce that it has been named one of Becker's Hospital Review's "100 Great Community Hospitals" in the United States for the second consecutive year.
This award comes on the heels of BVH being named among the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for the fourth time by Truven Health Analytics, a leading provider of data-driven analytics and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care.
Once upon a time gasoline was leaded, 30 cents a gallon, or cheaper.
Really.
Those days are gone, but many of the vehicles hooked on that gas survived. Over 200 of them return to Bluffton on Friday for the 49th Bluffton Festival of Wheels cruise-in, sponsored by the Bluffton Lions.
If luck prevails, you might catch glimpses of some gone-but-not forgotten heavy metal cruisers that once roamed Main Street Bluffton.
These included strange names like: Plymouth, Studebaker, Mercury, Edel, VW Bug, Woody, Oldsmobile, DeSoto and Packard.
Marlin Gerber is accepting orders for pick up in Bluffton on Saturday, July 9. (Rain date: Monday, July 11)
Here are the details:
Gerber will be at the Houshower House on the Bluffton University campus, (Spring Street between College Avenue and Franklin Street) on Saturday, July 9, between 1 and 2:15 p.m. with 10-pound boxes of fresh Michigan blueberries for $25 each.
Two Bluffton banks stepped up and assisted the Bluffton, Beaverdam and Richland Township United Way in a very significant way, according to Neil Reichenbach. United Way treasurer.
He told The Icon, “The United Way of Bluffton, Beaverdam, and Richland Township would like to give a big thank you to Citizens National Bank and First National Bank for helping toward our national United Way dues.”
Reichenbach said that each bank donated $500. For the 2015-2016 campaign year, the national dues increased from $500 to $1,500.
The Bluffton Community Assistance Corp. will meet Monday, June 20, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Food Pantry of the St. John's United Church of Christ, according to Ed Yeager, board president.
