Today, July 16, Allen County has been upgraded to red level coronavirus alert, which indicates high exposure and spread, and a recommendation to limit activities as much as possible.
The announcement comes from the Ohio Department of Health.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced the 2019-20 NABC Honors Court, recognizing more than 1,350 men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) had 13 student athletes amongst its ranks. The NABC Honors Court highlights the talents and gifts that these men possess on the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom. In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria.
Building permits reached $1.5 million in first six months of 2020
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 16, 2020 - 2:27pm
Although it is mid-summer, a time Bluffton traditionally slows to a halt, that’s not the case this year.
Several village projects are underway or will begin soon. Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, updated Bluffton council on several of these at the July 13 council session.
At the top of the list is legislation affecting storage of inoperative motor vehicles.
The issue concerns the definition of the word “building.” A change was made to clear up that definition to disallow car ports without walls and tarps as vague descriptions of “buildings.”
Bluffton University trustees spent the majority of their June board time on campus discussing the implementation of the university’s newly developed strategic plan, taking action on return to campus plans and reviewing increased diversity and inclusion efforts ahead of the fall 2020 semester.
The board also took several actions including promoting faculty members, approving a newly endowed scholarship and welcoming a new member.
Here comes a 20-point goal in a game of Quidditch. Bluffton Family Recreation's summer camp this week has a Harry Potter twist. One of the activities is this famliar game among Bluffton's younger set. The lead in this particular contest went back and forth several times.
The group will determine what other project groups Bluffton residents are interested in pursuing and organize ourselves to get them started
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 16, 2020 - 11:23am
The public is invited to join Transition Bluffton at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 21, in determining next steps toward moving Bluffton to a sustainable and resilient community well into the future.
The conversation will begin by reviewing suggestions made at the June Transition meeting in which we watched the documentary “The Secret of Change,” which highlighted activities of Transition groups in the U.K., Canada, and the U.S.