Grismore Rd. bridge between Napoleon and Cool roads will be closed from 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 for roadway paving. School Buses and Emergency Vehicles will have access during this closure.
For more information, contact Allen County Engineer, Brion E. Rhodes 419-228-3196.
Rhodes State College and GROB Systems of Bluffton have celebrated their 10th anniversary of being apprenticeship partners. Students in the apprenticeship program can earn their degrees from Rhodes State College while getting hands-on training from GROB.
To date, over 200 degrees have been awarded through this program. In addition, 270 apprentices have been hired after completing their training.
A Findlay resident and native of Ukraine will present the Forum “The Road to No Home: From Ukrainian Citizen to Refugee,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Bluffton University’s Yoder Recital Hall.
During the presentation, Lana Mosser, a member of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Findlay, will tell the story of her sister’s flight from Ukraine after Russia attacked the country on Feb. 24, 2022.
The presentation is free and open to the public. Forum is Bluffton’s weekly gathering of students, faculty, staff and community for interdisciplinary conversation and discovery.
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center will participate in the annual Drug Take Back Initiative from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 29, offering the community an opportunity to safely dispose of unused or expired medication.
Accepted medications include vitamins, pills and pet medications.
The center cannot accept needles, inhalers, liquids, lotions, aerosols, ointments and creams.
Unwanted or expired medications should never be disposed of in the toilet; it is harmful to the environment.
Bluffton Pirates football cheerleaders placed 2nd at their first cheerleading invitational. They competed on Saturday, October 22 at Perry High School. The squad is coached by Chase Koontz and Stefanie Koontz.
Exceptional Bluffton University alumni are honored each year during Homecoming at the Bluffton University President’s Banquet. This year, Alumni Awards were presented to Kathy (Gaines ’78) Carr for Lifetime Service, and Brandon Freytag ’08 for Outstanding Young Alumni. Three alumni, Ed Smoker ’63, Denny Phillips ’79 and Allison (Lange ’05) Bentley, were inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame.
