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Hilty Preschool to become a temporary pandemic child care center

Will allow for essential workers to enroll their children, so they are able to continue to work and provide essential services to the community.

Hilty Preschool and Childcare Center, Pandora, will become a Temporary Pandemic Child Care Center . Here are the details.

The Hilty Preschool and Childcare Center in Pandora has had to reinvent itself to provide needed services to the community during these unprecedented times.  

One particularly difficult change was when the Governor DeWine ordered visitation be restricted to assisted living and nursing home residents.   

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No trip to D.C. this year for Bluffton eighth graders

School we will combine next year’s 8th grade trip to include freshman

Bluffton schools posted the following letter to eighth grade parents and guardians. It concerns the now canceled eighth grade Washington, D.C. trip originally planned for this spring. The letter is also found on the school website on the Middle School page

In light of all of the changes that are being made regarding education at this time, I know many of you have had questions regarding the upcoming Washington D.C. trip with our 8th grade student.

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Here's how to donate to the Community Assistance Program

Plan is to purchase Community Market gift certificates for clients

Persons interested in making cash donations to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program may do so by sending checks to:

Bluffton Community Assistance Program
PO Box 52
Bluffton, OH 45817

Unless checks are designated for specific use, money received will go to the food pantry.

CLICK HERE for the recent announcement about the assistance program planning to purchase Community Market gift certificates to clients.

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State of Ohio now under “Stay at Home” order

The State of Ohio announced on March 23 that Ohio will be under a "Stay at Home" order.

The order went into effect beginning Monday, March 23,, at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on April 6, unless the order is rescinded or modified. 

"We haven't faced an enemy like we are facing today in 102 years - we are at war. In the time of war, we must make sacrifices, and I thank all of our Ohio citizens for what they are doing and what they aren't doing. You are making a huge difference, and this difference will save lives," said Governor DeWine.

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Community Assistance Program working to get Community Market gift cards

For the first time ever assistance program uses its contingency/emergency funds

In an effort to assist residents of the Bluffton Village School District and members of Bluffton churches, the Bluffton Community Assistance Corp. announced today that it will, for the first-time ever, use its contingency/ emergency funds for community assistance, according to Ed Yeager, board president.

He explained how this funding will be used:

Community Market gift cards have been ordered and will be made available directly from the food pantry on the third Saturday of April and, if necessary, the following Wednesday. 

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Roundabouts chosen for SR 309 at Thayer and Napoleon roads

Intersection projects to move forward with recommended alternatives

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 has chosen single-lane roundabout designs to improve the safety of two intersections on state Route 309 east of Lima.

During a public meeting in January, roundabouts were the recommended alternative presented for the intersections of state Route 309 at Thayer Road and state Route 309 at Napoleon Road.

The decision was made after ODOT and its consultant, Jacobs Engineering Group of Cincinnati, gathered feedback on the alternatives during stakeholder meetings and a public meeting.

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