The Bluffton Police Department recently met the requirement to receive Provisional Certification through the Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Certification program, according to Ryan Burkholder, Bluffton police chief.
This achievement means that the Bluffton police department has adopted and implemented state standards established by the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board as part of the state’s efforts to strengthen community and police relations.
After posting this photo we've learned more about it. From Carrie Phillips: "It could be the 50th anniversary May Day weekend."
She adds: My grandparents, Ray and Lucile Holcomb, are in the back row, 3rd and 4th from the left.
The first row include faculty members.
Persons identified on the second row are sixth from left, Wanda Suter Pannabecker, next is Earl Lehman. Arden Slotter is 13th from left. Robert Simcox is fourth from right.
Sean Burrell says something to make the Bluffton candidates chuckle during Friday's chamber meet-the-candidate breakfast. A community election forum takes place at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall. Watch for more details on that program. The Icon will also feature a series on council and school board candidates later this week.
Bluffton school board members will review and act upon a five-year forecast for fiscal years 2018 to 2022 at Monday’s October board meeting.
The forecast is a state requirement of all school district.The forecast was not part of the board's packet. Watch the Icon for a followup on the forecast details.
In other action, in an otherwise light agenda, the board will act on 18 supplemental contracts and assignments. The majority involve winter coaching positions.
Six substitute teaching contracts are also on the agenda.
Raymond "HooRay" Doyle Diller, 65, died October 13, 2017, at Bluffton Hospital. Raymond was born Sept. 16, 1952 in Bluffton to Robert and Burdella (Nusbaum) Diller who preceded him in death. On Sept. 27, 1986 he married Deborah Ruebush who survives.
Raymond was a 1970 graduate of Bluffton High School. He retired from Tower Automotive where he was a production technician. He had also worked for Maynard Badertscher Construction, Reichenbach Lumber, Steiner Lumber and Bluffton Precast Concrete.
