Several projects are on the schedule for the Bluffton Hospital construction during the week of Oct. 18.
Underground plumbing in the new Emergency Department is complete and plumbing inspection is scheduled. The electrical contractor has started underground electrical rough-in.
Second floor concrete has been poured. Concrete pads for oxygen and propane tanks and the new generator are being prepared along with part of the parking lot next to the alley. Various curbs in this area are also being prepared.
Everyone loves the holidays in Bluffton. Here's one way persons interested in promoting Bluffton's various holiday light shows may help.
The Gift of Giving light show extravaganza - now in its third year to be displayed across from Harmon Field - invites the support of all area businesses, organizations and individuals. Sponsors are being invited to help defray costs of the show.
Friends of the Bluffton Public Library will meet Wednesday, Nov. 3. According to Friends president Jan Potter, the meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the library's Richland Room. Officers will be elected for 2011 and finances for 2010 will be reviewed.
The organization will also discuss accomplishments from the past year and begin to coordinate volunteer activities planned for the upcoming year.
Some examples include the annual membership drive, a formal tea with Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln, spring and fall book sales, the Community Garage Sale, and a golf scramble.
This driver likes Ohio State, Defiance College (?), Bluffton University and the Shawnee Indians. The Icon saw it in the Citizens National Bank parking lot.
Several projects are on the construction schedule at Bluffton Hospital this week. Those projects follow:
Framing of the two-story addition is nearing completion.. Masonry work continues on the stairs and elevator near the new Emergency Department.
Masonry work has begun next to Harmon Road.. Air handlers have been set in place over the new Surgery area.
The new boilers have been installed and will be inspected by the state. Once they are certified by the state, they will be tested for two weeks and then the old boiler will be removed.
