The North Central Ohio Solid Waste District's household hazardous waste collection day is Saturday, May 8. The collection takes place at the Allen County Fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is usually held in the late summer but was moved up this year.
Two items not accepted this year are tires and latex paint.
Bluffton school board awarded a contract to a Delphos company for the renovation of Harmon Field stadium. The action took place in a special meeting on May 6.
The board accepted a $121,955 bid to renovate the concrete stadium. The bid is from E. Lee Construction, 6223 Kiggins Road, Delphos.
The board also accept two resignations. They are from Joanne Antibus, teacher, effective June 4 and from Dan Rumer, school board member, effective May 1.
You can only do this in states that provide you with one license plate - not two. And, you can bet that this plate was on a Pennsylvania car in Ramseyer residence hall parking lot.
Kids aren't the only ones who balk at eating something new if you tell them it's good for them. Adults are pretty much the same way. In fact, we (the elders) can be downright suspicious about new foods.
Begg wins in Bluffton, Richland, Beaverdam
Although Greg Sneary won the Republican Allen County commissioner race 6,114 to 5,977, Jay Begg won in Bluffton, Richland Township and Beaverdam. The GOP race by precincts follows:
Precinct Begg Sneary
Beaverdam 24 22
Bluffton
A 40 24
B 50 32
C 64 51
D 35 29
E 74 54
Richland
A 107 95
B 129 71
Voters in the Bluffton school district approved the renewal of an income tax levy for the schools on May 4. The renewal passed in the following totals:
FOR THE LEVY 977
AGAINST THE LEVY 479
Two 2010 Bluffton University graduates, Kristen Shelly and Devon Matthews, will be married on May 29.
Kristen is the daughter of Mark and Kathy Shelly of Penfield, N.Y. She is a 2006 graduate of Penfield High School and 2010 graduate of Bluffton University.
Devon is the son of Lawrence and Louise Matthews of Bluffton. He is a 2006 graduate of Bluffton High School and 2010 graduate of Bluffton University.
An outdoor ceremony is planned Saturday afternoon, May 29, at Webster Park, Rochester, N.Y.
Brandon Herr and Brock Miller, who completed their Bluffton University football careers last fall, have been named to the 2010 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.
The honor society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who maintained a grade point average of 3.2 or better during their undergraduate study.
A National KiddieTractor Pull is part of this year's Hometown Amerifest, planned in Bluffton in late June.
Amerifest is sponsored by Bluffton Lions Foundation, Bluffton-Pandora Rotary Club and Relay for Life. It is a weekend that combines the Festival of Wheels, Freedom Festival and Cancer Walk.
The kiddie tractor pull is open to youth ages 3 to 10 and will take place Saturday, June 26. Registration is from 1 to 2 p.m. on Vine Street, Bluffton. The tractor pull begins at 2 p.m.
The "pull" is sponsored by the Bluffton Lions Foundation and an anonymous donor.
