The community meal scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 19 has been canceled. With the high number of COVID cases in the area, it was decided that it was unsafe for the volunteers to be working so closely together to prepare the meal, according to Tonya Meyer of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
The only memory I have from Kindergarten was the morning I arrived to find that the classroom door was already closed. This obviously meant that I could not go in and maybe even meant that school had been cancelled, so I headed home. - Roger Triplett
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New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, will hold its Christmas open house Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 19-21.
The open house will include several special offers plus door prizes. Included in the open house are:
• a county area with Buffalo Plaid, galvanized and farm theme items
• a snowy and snowmen area
• a cardinals and grapevine area
• and a red, gold and silver glitter area.
Allen County is experiencing its highest surge of coronavirus cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The following announcement was made today by the Allen County Health Department:
Prior to this recent surge of cases that began in October, the most cases Allen County had reported in one month was 522 in August. In just the past 5 days Allen County has reported 603 new cases.
The most recent comparison of per capita rates of Ohio’s 88 counties ranked Allen County as having the 4th highest rate of new cases per 100,000 people in the past 14 days.
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The fate of the climate rests upon my generation’s shoulders.
That’s the message to Bluffton residents from Scott Malaney, president and CEO of Blanchard Valley Health Systems, and Dr. William Kose, vice president of special projects at BVHS.
The Icon talked with the two health professionals in a Zoom interview on Friday afternoon.
Sounding like a broken record, but an important one, both encourage people to continue three basic rules:
• Wear a mask in public
• Keep a six-foot distance from others when in public
• Washing your hands regularly
The 34th annual Blaze of Lights will put a new spin on Bluffton traditions.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce and village Cultural Affairs Committee have updated celebrations to include a video Town Crier presentation, caravan tour of holiday lights, and a free drive-in movie.
"You can't stop Christmas from coming" is the 2020 Blaze of Lights theme, notes Paula Scott, the chamber CEO: "We are very excited about our modified events, which are designed to help keep families and friends safe."
