Plaughter update from Haiti
(From Barbara and Arliss Plaugher in Haiti)
Note: This message was sent to several persons in Bluffton, including The Icon, and to St. John's United Church of Christ members.
I called American Airlines and we are still scheduled to fly Friday and Saturday, if the tower at the PAP airport is up.
However, the small planes that take us into PAP from our mission compound
cannot fly, due to lack of avaition fuel. Traveling overland is not being
considered now as not knowing the status of the roads. Also the jails
were down and prisoners have escaped.
PAP is an extremely populated city, so we may never know the casualty
count due to the unstable houses and amount of people living in poverty.
I have not received any communication from the people in PAP that I have
been e-mailing with. Chris and Hal Nungester from Harrod has an orphanage there that we were going to visit. Haven't heard from them.
Let the kids know that we are almost done with clinics. From that point
of time on, we don't know for sure. Will keep checking how to get out.
We checked with American airlines to see if we could go to Dominican
Republic but don't think the country will let us in.
Stories Posted This Week
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Saturday, May 3, 2025
- Pirate baseball win vs. Tigers
- Bluffton softball edged in battle of Pirates
- Committee meetings scheduled for Bluffton Council
- #1 recommended attraction in NW Ohio is in Ada
- Mental Health Awareness event with Seth Gehle
- Ohio highway patrol promoting motorcycle safety
- Recap of Bluffton Board of Education meeting for April 2025
- Weekend Doctor: Antidepressants in the long term
Friday, May 2, 2025
- BHS seniors exhibit art at Gallery 323 through May 7
- What's in your weekend?
- Pirate softball blanked by Lancers
- Pirate baseball blanked by Lincolnview
- Laman Promoted to VP Retail Credit Manager by CNB
- Local land conservancy hires first Executive Director
- Steiner to present Swiss Family Migration program on May 21
- 850 Days of Caring volunteers will pitch in for Hancock County
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Angel M. Langhals owned LFE/API Meters
- Allen Co. task force targets target sex and human traffickers
- Blessing of the Bikes, May 4
- Metzger honored at 2025 Black Swamp Council meeting
- Volunteer invitation for Bluffton Pathway Count in May
- Pirate tennis edges Ottawa-Glandorf
- Bluffton EMS station staffing goes 24/7 on May 1
- You are what you eat: Link to immune system
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Observation deck added to Motter Park cascading pools project
- Bluffton Women in Business meet May 15
- Four sportsmen stock 200 trout at Buckeye Lake
- Pirate girls, boys 2nd at Minster track quad
- Pirate baseball win vs. Riverdale
- Pirate softball loss vs. Riverdale
- Field reports from NW Ohio wildlife officers