On the first day of early voting and with just four weeks until Election Day, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced 2,154,235 absentee ballot applications have been received by county boards of elections statewide.
This includes 21,570 requests from military and overseas voters whose absentee ballots began to be mailed Sept. 18.
All other absentee ballots were mailed on Oct. 6. Over the past week, 158,839 new absentee ballot requests were submitted by Ohio voters. Totals from early in-person voting will be included in next week’s release.
Bluffton Presbyterian Church will hold a drive-thru chicken/pork chop fundraiser from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9, behind the church in the municipal parking lot.
Tickets are $8 each with options for: half-chicken, baked potato, applesauce, roll, or pork chop in place of chicken.
All proceeds go to Deacons Aid Fund for local missions.
Order online at blufftonpc.org and click on the word "Give," on the giving page click on the green words "Click Here to Give," fill in quantity of choice, type Deacons Aid Fund, follow instructions, review, click Process.
The United Way of Greater Lima has served Allen County for over 100 years.
During that time, it has brought together the community each year to address the needs of our entire county and has invested millions into meeting those needs.
In an effort to continue to impact our community for years to come, the United Way announced today that it will make strategic changes to its internal operations.
So, you think you know Bluffton - the answer. We could have made this a "guy" question. It's a view from the teps entering Stoney's Barber Shop on lower Main Street at Vine.
Here are some fall updates from the Bluffton elementary school, with additional details listed in the October school newsletter – click here to view.
October
• The school’s fall book fair goes viral from Oct. 19-30
• Third grade Ohio State Testing in reading English/language arts is Oct. 20-21
• Red Ribbon Week is Oct. 26-30
• The end of the first grading period is Oct. 30
Bluffton schools will continue its four days of in-person learning and Fridays as remote-learning during the second nine week period, which ends Jan. 15, 2021, according to Greg Denecker, superintendent.
"Our plan of four days of in-person learning and Fridays as remote-learning-for-all has been successful, we will continue with this model into the second nine weeks," he said in a letter on the school website yesterday.
