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Jefferson Street Phase II project back on track

Schedule set for bid opening and contract awarding
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 26, 2021 - 4:53pm

On Monday, Bluffton council members learned the rebidding of Jefferson Street Phase II project's bid opening is at 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 5. And, the notice of bid award signing will be Thursday, March 4. 

Full executed contracts should be completed on or prior to April 6. Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, told council that additional funding for the project has been applied for through the Ohio Water Development Authority.

A funding decision for that request should be made by the end of the January.

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Public Meetings
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Police department achieves full compliance certification

Through Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Agency
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 26, 2021 - 4:36pm

Bluffton’s police department has achieved a certification of full compliance through the Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Agency, according to Ryan Burkholder, police chief.

• The certification demonstrations efforts of the department to engage in the community and be transparent in operations.

• It shows the department enacts sound procedures and trains officers in common sense policies.

• The goal of certification is to ensure the department delivers superior law enforcement services to community.

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People
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Bernie Sanders spotted in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 26, 2021 - 3:53pm

While Sen. Bernie Sanders witnessed Joe Biden's presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, he also was seen in several Bluffton locations on that day.  Lauren Canaday spotted Bernie in front of the public library.  Other sighting included one by Reema Bazzy, now of St. Paul, Minn., who spotted him in front of the town hall. Later in the day he was sitting in front of the Bluffton Dari Freeze. Those photos of Bernie follow. Viewers are invited to send the Icon additional Bernie sightings that we may have missed.

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Leona Row Conrad 1938 - 2021

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 26, 2021 - 3:32pm

Leona Row Conrad died Jan. 25, 2021. She was born on July 28, 1938, in Alvada, Ohio, to Arvel Row and Lou Anna Carpenter. 

She graduated from Vanlue High School. She married Donavon Jan Conrad on Dec. 2, 1961.  She worked at Marathon Oil in accounts payable and later at Cooper Tire in payroll.

She is survived by three children, Jon (Lorie) of Mountain View Wyoming; Canda (John) Rooney of Sedona, Arizona, and Michael of Davison, Michigan, 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. 

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Obituaries
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So, you think you know Bluffton?

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 26, 2021 - 9:47am

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

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Regional news
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A Bluffton-John Dillinger story you never heard before

A small, mysterious business was opened in that room (reference to the rear of 101 N. Main St.) by a guy from out of town not long before the Dillinger gang came to town
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 25, 2021 - 9:21pm

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A Bluffton John Dillinger story from Charles Hilty that you've never heard - 

A story told to me by my father was that a small, mysterious business was opened in that room (reference to the rear of 101 N. Main St.) by a guy from out of town not long before the Dillinger gang came to town.

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