Permit parking and permissive license plate tax are two subjects addressed this month by the Bluffton council’s street, light, alley and sidewalk committee.
Meeting on June 27, Joe Sehlhorst and Jerry Cupples, committee members, with Jesse Blackburn and Bryan Lloyd of the village, discussed those subjects and others:
• Permit parking
• Combined sidewalk and curbs
• 2019 capital improvement budget
• Permissive license plate
• Radar speed identification signs
More than 500 swimmers and their families will descend on Bluffton on Friday and Saturday for the annual Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) swim champs. The WOAL is for swimmers aged 4-18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.
Bluffton Community Swimming Pool is the host site for the 2019 swim champs and will host eight teams from:
• Ada
• Bluffton
• Kenton
• Shawnee Country Club
• Sherwood
• Wapakoneta,
• Westside and
• Van Wert
The Bluffton Cattle Club met Here is the club's news, as reported by Landon Selhorst:
On Sunday, July 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. we will be having the chicken BBQ at the Bluffton Middle School. Cattle club members - be sure to wear your 4-H shirt.
And congratulations to the cattle club for selling 237 BBQ tickets. See a
Bluffton Cattle Club Member if you still want tickets.
Several committee meetings are on the Bluffton council schedule. Those follow:
Tree Commission Meeting - Tuesday, July 9, at 7 p.m.
Personnel Committee Meeting - Wednesday, July 10, at 7 p.m.
Ordinance Committee Meeting - Tuesday, July 16, at 7 p.m.
Personnel Committee Meeting - Wednesday, July 17, at 7 p.m.
Council Meeting - Monday, July 22, at 7 p.m.
FROM ADA ICON - Independence Day weekend has a major focus on July 4, 1776. As they say, "there's more to the story." Here is a small piece and it is very close to Bluffton.
Sometimes we forget that there was a "Part 2" of the War for Independence, namely the War of 1812.
MORE PHOTOS AND
A SITE MAP BELOW -
Recalling from your Ohio history courses, Britain wanted a do-over and invaded the still-young United States of America. The war spilled over into Ohio just shy of the state's 10th birthday.
