Bluffton Hospital is offering special colon cancer screening days for the convenient scheduling of colonoscopies. Upcoming screening days will be held Monday, February 24 and Saturday, March 15. Appointments are limited. To schedule an appointment, call Bluffton Hospital at 419-369-2365.
Colon cancer screening is recommended every 10 years for both men and women between the ages of 50 and 75. If family history or other risk factors exist, earlier screening may be recommended. Call Bluffton Hospital or ask your doctor for more information.
Apollo Career Center Honors Graduates, Alumni and Citizens of the Year
TApollo Career Center will celebrate National Career Technical Education month starting with its annual All Area Boards meeting, Thursday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. in the Apollo Commons.
Board members from Apollo’s 11-member schools and three County Educational Service Centers will be present, in addition to special guests.
The Bluffton Elementary PTO bakery Bingo event was a great success, according to Melissa Knauss, PTO president. The group estimates that this year's profit may be over $3,000, up from over $2,300 last year.
"We ended up with 22 classroom baskets, and 31 business baskets for a total of 53," she said. "Everyone had fun playing Bingo."
"We had eight tables filled with donated baked goods, which then individuals who won Bingo, could pick their choice of a baked good.
"The winner of our 50/50 drawing was Natalie Mueller, taking home $215," she added.
The American Heritage Girls program is coming to Bluffton.
AHG is a nonprofit, faith-based organization dedicated to the mission of building women of integrity through service to God, family, community, and country. It is open to girls in Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Tanya Augsburger (Troop Coordinator) and Randa Kinn (Vice Coordinator) have been working through the process of getting an AHG troop going here. Every AHG Troop has a Chartering Organization, and Bluffton Baptist Church has agreed to fill that role for Bluffton’s AHG Troop OH2505.
Donations can be dropped off to BFR (215 Snider Road in Bluffton) during all building hours.
Friday, Feb. 14, is the last day for donations to the Used Shoe Drive underway at BFR Sports & Fitness. Used shoes of any type, size and condition are welcome. All donations will be sent to micro-enterprise operations across the world where items are cleaned and repaired for resale or dismantled for recycling.
