This week from ODOT:
State Route 696 near the Allen County line, west of the village of Pandora, will be restricted through the work zone at times during drainage structure repair. Work is being performed by the ODOT Putnam County maintenance garage.
Entrance ramp from state Route 103 to northbound I-75, Bluffton, will be closed for the day on Tuesday, April 18, beginning at approximately 8 a.m. for pavement repair.
I-75 northbound will be restricted as well at the base of the ramp at state Route 103 during the ramp repair. Work is being performed by ODOT District 1 roadway services.
State Route 12/state Route 235 overlap between state Route 235 and township Road 57 will close April 17 for 60 days for repair of a bridge deck.
Dr. Howard Keim, senior lecturer in business at Bluffton University, along with his daughter, Talashia Keim Yoder, will present the Colloquium “A Leader Prepares” at 4 p.m. on April 21 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Both presenters have experience as leaders, performers and pastors and have discovered how concepts from these three arenas inform each other. They will share some serendipitous stories of how they have discovered this common ground.
Members of the public are invited to attend a town hall meeting featuring U.S. Congressional Representative Jim Jordan. The event will be held from 6:‐8: p.m. Monday, April 24 in the South Hall of the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima. The town hall is sponsored by Allen and Hardin for Election Action and Democracy (AHEAD), in partnership with other groups in Representative Jordan’s district.
First National Financial Services and First National Bank will host an antique appraisal event, Thursday, April 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hancock Historical Museum, 422 W. Sandusky St., Findlay.
The event will feature appraiser Richard E. Stegman who has more than 30 years of experience with antiques, including owner of several antique shops, and was a student of Harry Rinker’s The Institute for the Study of Antiques and Collectibles.
