Posted by Fred Steiner on April 17, 2020 - 11:40am
Constance F. “Connie” Kindle, 79, died on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at 8:08 a.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
She was born on March 29, 1941, in Greenup, Kentucky, to the late Silas and Fannie Shepherd. On Jan. 19, 1957, Connie married James L. Kindle, Sr. and he preceded her in death on June 4, 2016.
Connie held a few jobs in her lifetime, but especially enjoyed her time as a homemaker. She was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church of Ada.
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 17, 2020 - 10:23am
Bluffton council approved two EMS promotions on Monday.
Jan Basinger, EMS chief, recommended to move Holly Bertka from assistant chief to captain and to move Rick Skilliter to assistant chief.
Basinger told council:
“Holly is a valuable officer and handles secretarial work and is treasurer of the department.”
“Rick has been doing our training for years and this requires many hours of work and he has never been compensated for it. He is a tremendous help through this pandemic and is a very valuable resource to the community.”
Tivity, AARP, Silver and Fit members should check in on your activity
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2020 - 3:10pm
Tivity, AARP, and Silver and Fit have agreed to continue to pay Bluffton Family Recreation for member check ins, according to Amy Byers, BFR sports coordinator.
"This is wonderful news to us right now as we have no other revenue currently," she said.
"So, if you have one of these membership types be sure to email us at [email protected] to let us know when you have been active.
Jan Basinger: "We send only two EMTs in the squad and follow it with the old police cruiser with one or two additional people as available, to assist the squad if needed"
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2020 - 3:00pm
Bluffton EMS calls have dropped since the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Jan Basinger, EMS chief. He reported this information to Bluffton council on April 13.
Basinger said that the EMS staff now wears masks and gloves on every call received. This is the minimum protective clothing worn.
“We send only two EMTs in the squad and follow it with the old police cruiser with one or two additional people as available, to assist the squad if needed,” he said. “This hopefully reduces our staff to the potential exposure to the virus. It also preserves the staffs PPE.”
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