Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio experienced a tremendous response from the public in their request for homemade masks, according to Chris Moser. Here's a photo of some of the masks received.
The request for masks was in a letter to the Icon from Moser.
To the many people who helped make more than 770 handmade cloth masks for staff and residents of MHCO.
"Thank you for your amazing work! We have some masks reserved for the next weeks and at this time do not need any more," said Moser.
Governor Mike DeWine announced today that Ohio schools will continue distance learning for the remainder of the academic calendar, according to an announcement on OhioAlerts this afternoon. Watch the Icon for more details on Tuesday.
2020 high school seniors throughout the county have spent the last few weeks of their high school education away from teachers, classroooms and friends.
To show support for all seniors in Ohio, many schools across the state will light up their stadium for seniors.
The Icon understands that all stadium lights in the Northwest Conference, including Harmon Field and Steinmetz Field lights, will turn on for 20 minutes and 20 seconds at 8:20 p.m. tonight (Monday, April 20, 2020).
Bluffton Lions Club has announced that this year's Festival of Wheels, planned in June, is on hold and several additional Lions events are being reviewed.
• Festival of Wheels - the club is waiting to see what will be open in the community in June.
• Ride to Remember - planned in July, will be discussed at a later date, and
• Dare to Dream - planned for November, is also to be discussed later.
Jan Basinger: "We send only two EMTs in the squad and follow it with the old police cruiser with one or two additional people as available, to assist the squad if needed"
Bluffton EMS calls have dropped since the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Jan Basinger, EMS chief. He reported this information to Bluffton council on April 13.
Basinger said that the EMS staff now wears masks and gloves on every call received. This is the minimum protective clothing worn.
“We send only two EMTs in the squad and follow it with the old police cruiser with one or two additional people as available, to assist the squad if needed,” he said. “This hopefully reduces our staff to the potential exposure to the virus. It also preserves the staffs PPE.”
