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Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH) has been surveyed by the Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) Focused Task Force on Accreditation and awarded accreditation for six years as a provider of continuing medical education for physicians.

“We are very proud to receive the six year accreditation, which is the highest accreditation level possible,” said Beverly Woodward, BVH continuing medical education coordinator. “This recognition speaks volumes to the quality of our medical education programs and the educational aspirations of the physicians in our community.”

The following are babies born at Bluffton Hospital from Feb. 9 through March 4:

Feb. 9 - Godfrey Rudyard Samuel Bryson McDonnell, son of Bryan and Heather McDonnel, nine pounds and four ounces, 19 and 3/4 inches long.

Feb. 10 - Kylee Jade Arrizola, daughter of Alcario Arrizola and Lisa Stateler, six pounds and four ounces, 19 inches long.

Feb. 11 - Adalyn June Morrison, daughter of Michael and Amand Morrison, five pounds and 12 ounces, 19 inches long.

The Bluffton Boy Scout Troop #256 will be conducting a fund raiser on Wednesday March 6, from 4 p.m.- 8 p.m.. 

The fund raiser will be at Burger King in Bluffton, where the Scout Troop will receive a donation of 20% of the sales generated. 

To support the Scouts, individuals must present a flyer.  Please contact your local scout for a flyer.

Bluffton Boy Scout Troop #256 will be collecting food for the Bluffton Food Pantry, which helps residents within the Bluffton School District.

Scouts will be distributing plastic bags for food collection on Sunday, March 10.  

Scouts will be picking up bags on Sunday, March 17. 

All food collected will be donated directly to the Bluffton Food Pantry.

This report from AEP meterologists: A winter storm will bring snow to northwestern Ohio this afternoon through Wednesday, but major impacts now look unlikely. AEP meteorologists are now confident that the high-impact heavy snow and wind will not reach northwestern Ohio.

AEP says rain today will change to wet snow late tonight with 1 to 4 inches snow accumulations.

Winds will also become gusty Wednesday. Expect 4 to 7 inches of wet snow accumulations from South Bend and Fort Wayne through Muncie and Lima.  

 

February came and went and the days continue to get longer and longer in promise of spring.  According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, this February was above average in a couple ways but not by much.

The average temperature in February was 27.7 degrees (F), which is .5 degrees higher than our normal average.  We had a high temperature of 52 degrees on Feb. 18 and our lowest temperature was 7 degrees, recorded on Feb. 7.

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