Tuesday, Nov. 3, is the general election in Ohio. Several local and state issues are on the ballot. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In the Village of Bluffton there are races for mayor and council.
• The ballot for Village of Bluffton is below.
• Richland Township voters' ballot is also below (minus Beaverdam and Bluffton candidates).
• Beaverdam voters' ballot is below (minus Buffton candidates)
Hannah graduated from BHS in 2012 and will graduate college this spring. She took the time to reflect on her experiences in college and share her ambitions for the future with us.
Where do you attend school and what are you studying?
I go to Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. I am a Biology major with minors in Exercise Science, Coaching, and Honors.
The month and year is August 1966. The photographer is Dick Boehr.
Q: What's taking place in this scene?
A: The Ream family Community Market, 128 N. Main St., (on the left) has closed and Steiner and Huser Men's Clothier, 126 N. Main St., (on the right) has relocated to South Main - the current location of The Food Store.
In place of both businesses is an expanded Balmer's women's clothing store. This business eventually became Uhlman's women's clothing store. Then it became Greg's Pharmacy.
Kris Lowry, AVP, Branch Manager at The First National Bank, recently graduated from the 2015 OBL Bank Management School sponsored by the Ohio Bankers League. Lowry was one of 31 bankers who completed the intensive one-week program earlier this month.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has awarded a $30,000 grant to the Putnam Soil Water Conservation District (PSWCD) to fund the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership watershed’s coordinator’s position through July 2016.
That announcement is part of the Watershed Partnership’s summer-fall newsletter, now on The Icon.
The newsletter includes several items of interest to Bluffton, relating to Riley Creek.
Three Bluffton seventh graders are winners in the 2015-16 Bluffton Lions Club peace poster contest.
The students are:
• Louise Dunlap, first
• Olivia Barnes, second
• Ayden McDougle, third
This year's theme "Share Peace," was open to students ages 11,12 or 13. Each poster was judged on originality, artistic merit and expression of the theme. Winning posters advance to the district level judging.
