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Absentee ballot request forms in the mail

Secretary of State encourages voters choosing to go absentee to send request ASAP
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 4:58pm

Earlier this summer, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced every registered Ohio voter would receive an absentee ballot request form in the mail. Those request forms are arriving in mailboxes this week – one week ahead of schedule.

Ohioans who want to vote by absentee ballot must send their request form back to their county board of elections in order to receive an absentee ballot.

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It's September and BFR is busy

Don't forget to register for the first-ever virtual 5K happening Saturday
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 4:35pm

Bluffton Family Recreation is a busy place this month.

Several programs begin this week and next including U6 fall soccer, fifth and sixth grade volleyball, adult coed volleyball and an introduction to volleyball for 3rd and 4th graders.

Amy Byers, BFR sports coordinator, shows one of the volleyball shirts that each of the 3rd and 4th graders in this fall’s program will receive when the program begins on Saturday morning.

Many of the traditional fall youth programs will also start this month. Check the BFR website for registration details.

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Bluffton Family YMCA
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Bentley pathway ribbon cut virtually on Sept. 14

27 volunteers will participate Sept. 14-20 in pedestrian-biker count
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 4:17pm

With the extended Bentley Road pathway construction on schedule, the Bluffton Pedestrian and Bike Pathway board will hold a virtual ribbon cutting at 4 p.m., Monday, Sept. 14, according to Richard Ramseyer, board chair.

Details on how to watch the ribbon cutting will be announced soon. Longtime pathway supporters John and Jenny Pilarowski will cut the ribbon officially opening the pathway. 

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The goal is 98.6

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 1:09pm

One new feature of the 2020-21 school year involves temperatures – not building temperatures, rather everyone's temperature in the building. Jeff Richards, Bluffton fifth grade teacher, takes the temperature of one of his students. (Jamie Nygaard photo)

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Three from Bluffton on Rhodes summer dean's list

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:39am

Rhodes State College, Lima, announced its 2020 summer dean’s list. To be eligible, students need to have earned a 3.5 grade point average or higher and complete at least six credit hours.

Bluffton students on the list are:
Guy Michael Crawford  
Braeden Ty Edwards
Matthew Logan Foust

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Trinity Lutheran, Jenera, has new fall schedule

New teachers announced at Trinity Lutheran School
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:27am

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera, has a new fall schedule. 

In-person Sunday services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with Bible classes for teens and adults at 9:20 a.m.

There will be no in-person Sunday School for children, but beginning Sunday, Sept. 13, Bible lessons, taught by experienced teachers, are available free via YouTube.  The lessons begin with creation. 

To access these lessons, visit nph.net/ss-at-home. The videos for Pre-K through grade 4 are about 12 minutes long. The videos for grades 5-8 are about 25 minutes long. 

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