The Bluffton Community Assistance Program is busy at this time of year. Here’s a chat the Icon had with Jami Crawfis, who directs the program's food pantry.
Jami, are there families in the service area of the food pantry in need of assistance at Christmas?
In all, we have 68 families already adopted. We have six individuals still to adopt.
The adopting families will provide fresh, frozen and/or canned food items (or even gift cards to a grocery store) for each family as well as gifts from their wish list.
You can help Habitat for Humanity on Tuesday, Dec. 4 right here in Bluffton.
At 9 a.m, volunteers needed to load furniture (45 desks, 35 hutches for those desks, 25 dressers and 12 bunk beds) at Lincoln Hall, Bluffton University campus.
The furniture is being donated to the Lima Habitat for Humanity ReStore. The money raised from the resale of these items will help build affordable, decent homes in the Lima Area.
Please contact Mark Suderman, Volunteer Coordinator, if you can help: [email protected] or 419-222-4937.
• Open the attachment at the bottom for Bluffton and Richland Township’s voting history for governor since 1936.
• Click here to view 2018 Bluffton and Richland Township votes for senator by precinct.
If Ohio’s election for governor was in Bluffton was a “red wave,” it was a “red tsunami” in Richland Township.
Since 1936 village and township voters supported Republicans for governor in each election except for two – 1936 and 2006.
Choice One Engineering has started the design work on the water line replacement and streetscape work planned in 2019 for Jefferson Street.
Jessie Blackburn, village administrator, updated Bluffton council on the project at Monday’s council meeting.
He said that bidding documents will be prepared for bidding to take place early next year. Construction should begin in July.
The Jefferson Street project by the village coincides with Ohio Department of Transportation’s replacement of the Jefferson Street bridge. The bridge will be closed from April to October.
