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Signage, parking on Main St., village entrance improvements

Each is a Bluffton council topic this winter and spring
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 6, 2020 - 3:07pm

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Signage, public parking and village entrance improvements are ongoing discussions by Bluffton council this winter and spring.

On Feb. 13 council’s streets, lights, alley and sidewalk committee, consisting of Joe Sehlhorst and Jerry Cupples, reviewed six related subjects. That committee reported on its meeting during the Feb. 24 council meeting.

1 – Street sign replacement program

2 – Wayfinding (directional signs) 
     Chamber project with support from the village

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Public Meetings
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Camera shy

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 6, 2020 - 2:35pm

This beautiful finch, a fixture in the lobby of Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, is a bit camera shy. The bird failed to cooperate with the photographer in this informal portrait attempt, but despite that it can't hide its remarkable  appearance.

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Assisted living open house March 12

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 6, 2020 - 1:28pm

Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton, will hold an assisted living open house from 1 to 3 p.m., Thursday, March 12. For more information on the event call Brenda at MMH at 419-731-0080.

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Regional news
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Jocelyn Ochoa is the Icon's artist of the month

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 6, 2020 - 1:16pm

 Jocelyn Ochoa, a Bluffton High School senior, is the Icon's student artist of the month.

She has taken Art 1 and Design 1, and after high school plans to enroll in nursing school. 

"The picture the painting was based on was taken when I went to Hocking Hills with my friend two years ago," she said of the painting she holds. 

"We went in the fall, so there was a lot of pretty lighting and I took a lot of pictures of the nature and architecture there.

"I enjoy art because it allows me to express my ideas and it is therapeutic for me."

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People
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$21 million I-75 upgrade between Bluffton and Beaverdam

Project starts this month • Northbound ramp from SR 103 to I 75 will close for several weeks
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 6, 2020 - 1:10pm

A $21 million project beginning this month will resurface Interstate 75 between Napoleon Road just south of the village of Beaverdam and state Route 235 three miles north of the village of Bluffton in Allen and Hancock counties.

The project also includes the reconstruction of Interstate 75 at state Route 696 in Beaverdam. Traffic will be maintained through the work zone. Work is expected to begin in March 2020 and is anticipated to complete in October 2020.

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Regional news
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Hunter Hermiller joins NW Physical Therapy

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 6, 2020 - 11:51am

Hunter Hermiller recently joined Northwest Physical Therapy as an occupational therapist, announced Daniel Settlage of the local health services provider.

Hermiller is a 2014 graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School and holds a bachelor's degree and master's of occupational therapy degree from the University of Findlay.

She has experience as a home health aide and STNA.  Northwest Physical Therapy has an office in the Bluffton Family Recreation building, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

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