The December meeting of members of the Bluffton Senior Center was an especially festive affair including a celebration of Fairy Parkins' 90th birthday and Christmas music on piano and bells by Emily and Nancy Thomas.
New internet provider announced; two stop sign supplements installed
By Andy Chappell-Dick
The December 12 regular meeting of the Bluffton Council was brief, just 35 minutes. (Scroll down on https://www.bluffton-ohio.com/council for an archive of meeting packets.)
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Utilities - Councilor Dave Steiner made an announcement that noticeably energized the room. The Cincinnati-based tech startup Omni Fiber will become Bluffton's newest internet service provider next year, when it plans to install a network of fiber optic cables in town. The new fiber optic cables will be added to existing AEP utility poles, and buried in neighborhoods where services are already underground.
The Omin Fiber website states that standard speeds are "up to" 500 Mbps, with enhanced packages of four times that speed. Costs will be comparable to the existing providers.
Tree Commission - Councilor Ben Stahl reported for the Tree Commission. Several tree maintenance tasks around town were handled by commission members themselves, rather than hiring out the work.
COLUMBUS–At the Ohio Middle Level Association annual state conference, held in Columbus November 10-11, 2022, head cook Rosanne Garmatter and the 8th grade team at Bluffton Middle School received special recognition.
Garmatter, who is the head cook at Bluffton Middle School and Bluffton High School, won a Northwest Ohio Regional Award.
Dominion Energy is sharing the following “scam red flags” and urging customers to watch out for utility scammers. This advice applies to scam calls in general.
"Even if the caller ID says Dominion Energy, our customers should be on alert about demands for immediate payment and threats of service disconnection," said Utibe Bassey, Dominion Energy's vice president of Customer Experience. "That is not how we do business. When any warning sign is present, hang up. Never share personal information."
The final Advent service of the season will be held at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14.
Organizers note, “this special service will be presented by the preschool-aged children. They will tell about the promises that God made for us.”
A sliders meal will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. by the 7th and 8th grade students and refreshments and fellowship will follow the service. Everyone is welcome and the church is handicapped accessible.
