The Ohio Department of Transportation Distrtict 1 has used 3,552 tons of salt on Allen County roads this winter, according to its initial 2016-17 winter expense report.
In addition, in Allen County, ODOT vehicles have registered 30,531 miles, used 30,735 gallons of deicing liquids, for total labor, equipment and material costs of $459,371.
The chart attached reveals information in each of the counties covered by District 1.
This is the first in a two-part series on a proposed national and statewide bicycle route network that could pass through Bluffton’s Main Street. It needs Bluffton council’s support for it to take place.
If Bluffton council agrees, the village will be on “the map.”
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If you are lucky, he'll fly
over your house in this video -
Not everyone is a fortunate as Bill Suter. He can fly his airplane over Bluffton whenever he wishes.
Late in the fall Suter "flew the Riley" all the way from Anderson Tractor Supply in Orange Township, past Bluffton, to Pandora and back to the Bluffton Airport.
Suter invited the Icon to post the video. We've watched it and we encourage viewers to sit back and enjoy Bluffton from several hundred feet in the air.
Allen-Hardin County Day of Action organization will hold a candlelight vigil in Bluffton on Sunday, Jan. 15, to voice quesitons in the transition period from the Nov. 8 election day to the presidential inauguration on Jan. 21.
Persons interested in participanting will meet at the Bluffton post office, 132 S. Main St. After a brief sharing time, the group will walk to Bluffton’s town hall, 154 N. Main St.
According to event planners, "The purpose of this gathering is to voice questions that have risen in the transition period from election day to the inauguration Jan. 21.
Bluffton is among five schools to be recognized on Jan. 13 by the Activated School Challenge.
St. Rita’s Health Partners and YMCA’s PICH Grant launched the Activated School Challenge at the beginning of the 2016-17 school year.
The goal of the challenge is to bring health and wellness initiatives, policies, programs and interventions to area schools. The programs were created with technical assistance and financial support from St. Rita’s and YMCA.
