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We keep hearing about common sense gun control. What is common sense gun control? Is it banning five to ten million AR-15 type?
The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates there are roughly five to ten million AR-15 rifles owned in the United States, a small share of the roughly 300 million firearms owned by Americans. If banned, what would happen to these guns? Does anybody believe that people would turn them in or sell to the government?
Tickets are on sale for the Friday, March 16, Bluffton Music Boosters ichicken barbecue and shrimp dinner.
Serving is in the Bluffton middle school cafetorium with musical performances in the middle school gymnasium beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Pre-sale tickets are $7.50 After March 11 tickets are $8 and are available in the middle school office until sold out.
The menu includes one-half chicken or seven pieces of shrimp, potato salad, applesauce, dinner roll and drink. Proceeds benefit the Bluffton Music Boosters.
Here's a photograph of Bluffton College students from Wayne County during the 1925-26 school year.
According to the college yearbook, the Ista, Wayne County represented the second large number of students by county who attended Bluffton that year. Allen County had the most studnts.
Like today, the club carried familiar Wayne County names including Badertscher, Smucker, Hostettler, Amstutz, Gerber and Miller.
Nicki Mikesell and Levi Probst received promotions in the Bluffton EMS squad this month. Bluffton council approved Mikesell and Probst promotions to lieutenants upon the recommendation of Jan Basinger, EMS chief.
In addition, two persons completed EMT training and were approved for placement on activity duty on EMS. The two newest members are Olivia Sneary and Emily Buckell. They were both approved as probationary EMTs for the six-month period beginning in June.
The following impacts to traffic related to the reconstruction and widening of Interstate 75 through Findlay and Hancock County are scheduled to occur:
• Interstate 75 southbound will be reduced to one lane in the southbound direction from County Road 99 to State Route 12, Findlay, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, and Thursday, March 1, for demolition of a bridge over an abandoned railroad.
The lane restriction will begin at approximately 9 p.m. each of those nights and conclude at approximately 7 a.m. the following day.
All Findlay exits will remain open during this time.
