Vintage vinyl is in the Bluffton Public Library's display case this month. It includes a collection of classic records and album covers, both 45 rpm and 33 1/3 rpm, the 1960s and 1970s.
Note: A monthly chart is attached at the bottom of this story covering 2016 and 2017.
Bluffton Fire Department’s 2017 runs were very similar to 2016, according to Jon Kinn, fire chief.
The department reported 109 runs in 2017 and 101 in 2016. Kinn told Bluffton council that the department’s response to 27 accidents in 2017 was higher than normal. The 2016 accident response was 19.
Kaly Jolliff, a Bluffton High School senior, is the Icon's January artist of the month.
She has enrolled in Art 1, Design 1, Design 2, Art Seminar, and Mural Painting, according to Vickie Garmon art education teacher at BHS,
"I enjoy art, because it gives me the capability to express myself through many types of media," said Kaly. Following graduation she plans to study mortuary science at Bowling Green State University.
Ebenezer Mennonite Church hosts a Human Trafficking Awareness Seminar Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 20-21 at the church, 8905 Columbus Grove Road, Bluffton.
The seminar is part of the congregation's January Human Trafficking Awareness Month awareness.
Seminar details follow
Saturday, Jan. 20, 2 to 7:30 p.m.
• Connie Anderson, director of Justice Ministries for InterVarsity Fellowship, presents Human Trafficking 101. It takes place in Ebenezer Fellowship Hall and a free pizza supper is included.
Transition Bluffton will host a meeting at the Bluffton town hall at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Randy Augsburger will be speaking on Emergency Preparedness. Augsburger previously spoke at Bluffton Public Library for September’s Emergency Preparedness Month last year.
Augsburger will be covering how to take practical steps to prepare your family for emergencies, assess your own preparedness, and deal with major and minor disasters that could reasonably happen in northwest Ohio.
Mercy Health-Bluffton Family Practice offers some advice if you think you have the flu and need care: Bluffton Family Medicine offers walk-in care from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday-Friday and is a perfect place to get the care you need, quickly and affordably. It also offers a "Evisit" available from your home through the Mercy Health MyChart app.
