The Bluffton Community Assistance Program board will hold its winter meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 17, at St. John's United Church of Christ, according to Ed Yeager, board president.
The board oversees the Bluffton food pantry in addition to the community assistance it provides to the Bluffton school district community.
An open house takes takes from 6 to 8 p.m.,Thursday, Jan. 30, at Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 N. Main St.
"We encourage those interested in our program to stop by, take a tour of the classrooms, meet the teachers and ask questions," said Christine Clymer, chair of the preschool board.
"If you are not able to attend, we are happy to set up a time to meet with interested parents at the preschool," she said.
The rest areas on U.S. 30 eastbound, between Cairo and Beaverdam will close on Tuesday, Jan. 14 for concrete repairs, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. The rest area is expected to reopen Friday, Jan. 17.
The work is being performed by Armcorp Construction, Inc., Celina.
For a moment this morning, Bluffton was the center of Ohio, as state government leaders held a bill-sign event here.
Attending a signing ceremony for Ohio House Bill 2, held at GROB Systems, were Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof, and Jon Cross, of the 83rd district, a primary sponsor of the bill.
The event was witnessed by about 60 persons including area elected officials, the media and GROB associates.
Winter and summer struggled to make a point over the weekend as local temperatures rose to 64 and dipped to 29 degrees.
The chart shows temperature high and lows and daily precipitation for the first 12 days of 2020, provided by Guy Verhoff, U.S. weather observer, from Pandora.
Ohio’s state government comes to Bluffton on Monday morning.
Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, and OhioSenate President Larry Obhof, will visit and tour GROB Systems, Bluffton, at 9:30 a.m.
During the visit, they will sign House Bill 2, which codifies the TechCred and Industry Sector Partnerships programs and creates the Individual Microcredential Assistance Program.
The 21-page bill is attached at the bottom of this story.
