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County Line Church Christmas program, Christmas Day service

Posted by Staff on December 14, 2022 - 6:03pm

County Line Church, 4227 N Hardin Rd, will hold a Christmas program at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, December 18, followed by the regular 10:30 a.m. service. Children’s church will have a separate Christmas party during the regular worship service.

On Christmas Day, December 25, County Line Church invites everyone to a short Christmas service at 10:30 a.m. 

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Worship
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A 90th birthday celebrated with friends and family

Posted by Paula Scott on December 14, 2022 - 7:56am

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.

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Summary of December 12 Bluffton Council meeting

Posted by Staff on December 14, 2022 - 7:41am

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.

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Public Meetings
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Bluffton Middle School staff recognized at state conference

Posted by Staff on December 14, 2022 - 7:17am

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.

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People
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Utility and other phone scams

Residential and business account holders targeted
Posted by Staff on December 14, 2022 - 7:14am

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."

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Business
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Reading poetry with Amelia: 'When Icicles Hang by the Wall'

Posted by Staff on December 14, 2022 - 7:14am

By Amelia Alexander
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This is part of a series of columns by Ada student Amelia Alexander about "reading and debriefing" poetry. 

When Icicles Hang by the Wall by William Shakespeare

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