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.
The next Crime Victim Services information session on volunteer guardianship is January 23, according to Elysia Bush of Bluffton, director, Elderly Victim Ministry and CVS Guardian Programs.
The sessions take place in the CVS training room, 220 N. Elizabeth St., Lima from noon-1 p.m. or 6-7:30 p.m. A light meal is served.
Court-sworn guardians of the person are needed to make decisions related to social services, housing and healthcare for individuals unable to make those decisions solely by themselves.
Bluffton police issues a flood watch for the village for the weekend of Jan. 10-12.
Ryan Burkholder, police chief, sent a Nixle alert at 12:37 p.m. on Thursday. It reads: "National Weather Service has issued flood watch for this weekend. Please monitor forecast for potential flooding."
Alert details state that the severity, urgency and certainty are "unknown." The National Weather Service describes the alert as a flash flood watch.
The northwestern Ohio detailed forecast from the NWS follows:
