As part of America 250 celebrations, the State of Ohio has created an Ohio Innovation Trail to illustrate that "Ohio has produced wave after wave of problem-solvers whose ideas reshape how we move, manufacture, protect, power, feed, and heal – then and now." (america250-ohio.org/ohio-innovation-trail)
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MEDIA RELEASE__Orange Township Trustees will meet on December 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Township meeting hall, 2973 Township Road 28 (at SR 235). Email [email protected] for more information.
Bluffton hosts Ottawa-Glandorf and Wapakoneta on December 11
By Cort Reynolds
CELINA––The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim teams competed well at the 17-school Celina Sprints Invitational meet on Saturday, December 6. (Swim team roster and coaches listed below.)
The Pirates girls ended up a strong fourth, while the boys finished a very solid fifth at the tough event.
"America is a Hankish ice cream cone," announces this parade float and an Icon article by the same name from 2013. Icon founder Fred Steiner estimated that this image dates to 1976. America 250 organizers in Bluffton have a July 4, 2026, parade on their calendar. Have you floated any fun ideas for this celebration? PHOTO FEEDBACK ▶︎