Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center announces construction of an education center designed to train new physicians.
With the support of local donors, St. Rita’s will soon begin construction on a 48,000-square-foot education center to be built on the corner of Market and Collett streets.
The Bluffton Cattle Club will be going to the State Fair on July 31. As a fundraiser, the club will be selling chicken barbecue tickets for $8.50, not including dessert and drinks. The dinner will be Sunday, July 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bluffton Middle School. See a Bluffton Cattle Club 4H member to buy tickets.
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be parked outside Bluffton Hospital on Thursday, June 27 for a local blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The bloodmobile will be parked at 139 Garau Street, in the hospital parking lot.
To schedule your blood donation appointment, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or go to redcrossblood.org, sponsor code “bluffchos.”
The village parks and recreation committee (Ben Stahl council member; Mitch Kingsley council member; Mayor Richard Johnson and Jesse Blackburn, village administrator), sent a questionnaire to Bluffton elementary students.
Committee members wanted to know elementary youths thoughts on what would be good features for the Buckeye park.
A summary of the survey is at the bottom of this story.
The Bluffton and Pandora Police Departments are once again in the planning stages for holding our 6th annual National Night Out celebration. This year’s event will be held on Tuesday, August 6 and will again take place at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool from 6 p.m.-9 p.m., where free pool admission will be offered all day.
The Bluffton, Beaverdam, and Pandora Fire and EMS Departments will also be participating in this event and those communities and surrounding areas are invited to attend.
The Bluffton Community Assistance board will hold its summer meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, July 15, in St. John's United Church of Christ, according to Ed Yeager, board president.
The Community Assistance Program oversees several programs that assist area residents with special needs, including the Bluffton food pantry, which is located in St. John's UCC.
