Longtime Box Butte County Medical Doctor John Ruffing officially retired Thursday, December 27, 2012, after 51 years of practicing Medicine in Hemingford, and St. Joseph’s and Box Butte General Hospitals in Alliance.

The public is invited to an Open House Sunday, January 6, from 2-4 p.m., at the St. Bridget Parish Hall in Hemingford to commemorate his retirement and to say “thank you” for a life well lived, a job well done, and a community well served.

Dr. Ruffing graduated from Loma Linda School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA.

Dr. Ruffing has been practicing at the Hemingford Clinic since 1961.