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MEDIA RELEASE__The following agenda has been provided for the Thursday, July 9 meeting of the Orange Township Trustees. 

AGENDA  

1. Call the Meeting to order at 7:30 PM.  

2. Minutes of last meeting held on June 11, 2026. 

3. Pay Bills  

4. Old Business  

a. Plow Truck update  

b. Suck Hole TR 51 update  

c. Catch Basin TR 29 update  

d. Response to ODOT request to close US 30 intersections at  TR51 and TR52  

e. OPWC paving request for 2027  

Marilyn Schiffer Kline born July 17, 1937 and passed June 29, 2026.  Born to the late J. Max and Alice (Nemire) Crawfis.  She was the wife of Jerry Schiffer, who also preceded her in death, and Jerry Kline.  

6:00 p.m. at the 1899 Depot, 405 N. Spring St.

Declaration of Independence Transcript

The Declaration of Independence was first read in public on July 8, 1776. On July 8, 2026, organizations across the country, including the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society, will host a simultaneous reading of this foundational American document.

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By Paula Pyzik Scott

The best laid plans are subject to weather and whimsy. Bluffton’s 4th of July celebrations dodged both.

Machelle "Shelly" A. Wright, 65, passed away July 2, 2026, at Bridge Hospice Care Center.

Shelly was born June 3, 1961, in Lima, Ohio, to Kenneth and Shelba (Sakemiller) Crow. She later married Kevin Wright who survives. 

Shelly retired from Anderson Family Dentist in Findlay, where she had been a dental hygienist from 1981 to 2021. She enjoyed traveling to Amish Country and Tennessee, craft shows, playing cards, and spending time with family and friends. 

MEDIA RELEASE__A small town hoopla is one way to describe the exuberant preparations being made in Bluffton to celebrate the Fourth of July on America’s 250th year. 

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