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Bluffton EMS calls have decreased very slightly according to a five-year report given to Bluffton council on Jan. 10 by Jan Basinger, EMS chief. Total EMS calls in 2006 were 483. In 2010 there were 422 calls.
The chart accompanying this story compares total calls, total patients transported, emergency transports, non-emergency transports, medical calls, MVA and fire calls from 2006 to 2010.
Baby, it's cold outside! If you don't believe The Icon, just ask Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. Here's what his thermometer read for the past seven days.
BFR Sports & Fitness is hosting a weight loss challenge: The Longest Loser. The cost is $5 for BFR members and $10 for non-members, according to Carol Enneking of BFR.
"The goal of the challenge is to be the last person still losing weight. There will be weekly weigh ins, nutrition advice, and work out tips. In order to stay in the competition you must lose at least .1 of a pound each week at weigh in," she said.
The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library has set its meeting schedule for 2011. Board meetings will be held the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the library's Riley Room. No meetings will be held in July or December.
Meetings dates are:
Tuesday, January 25;
Tuesday, February 22
Tuesday, March 22
Tuesday, April 26
Tuesday, May 24
Tuesday, June 28
Tuesday, August 23
Tuesday, September 27
Tuesday, October 25, and
Tuesday, November 22.
Bluffton schools Senior Citizens Breakfast are back for the new year. The next breakfast is at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 12, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.
Entertainment for the breakfast will be students in the strings program.
The remainder of the 2010-11 breakfast schedule follows:
Feb. 9 - Ladies First Choir
March 9 - High School Concert Band
April 13 - High School musical
May 11 - High School Jazz Band
The breakfasts are the second Wednesday of each month and are held in the middle school cafetorium.
Bluffton Public Library will be closed Monday, Jan. 17, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Due dates for library materials will be adjusted accordingly. For more information, visit the library, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org or call 419-358-5016.
