Letter: Don't cut Ohio libraries
From Bluffton Public Library Facebook
Dear Library Supporters,
Ohio public libraries need your help! Ohio’s public libraries are facing the proposed elimination of the Public Library Fund and a resulting funding loss of over $100 million dollars. Ohio’s public libraries already operate on funding like we had in 2000, with no adjustment for inflation.
How will this impact the library?
The Public Library Fund helps us provide materials, resources, and services to our community - meaning cuts would result in loss of programming, materials, and access - Everything from books to Storytime, Libby to inter-library loan, public computers to Summer Reading.
How can you help?
Reach out to your Ohio House representative and Speaker Matt Huffman and share your stories of what the library means to you.
Tell them to restore the funding as presented in the Governor’s proposed budget, and remind them what the library means for you, your family, and your community. You can share your stories with us and we’ll share them with our representative.
Speaker Matt Huffman can be reached at [email protected] or (614) 466-6344.
It’s our library, and our community.
With gratitude,
Jessica Hermiller
Director, Bluffton Public Library
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Robert "Bob" O. Town served in the U.S. Navy
- Applications for Bluffton community pool jobs due April 10
- Bolen sentenced to 19 years to life in prison
- Tornado in Putnam County on April 2
- Pirate boys tennis edges Indians
- Brendon Matthews named Chief Executive Officer at First National Bank
- BHS spring musical is Bringing Down the House
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Tornado Watch issued for Allen, Hancock, Hardin and Putnam counties at 9:15 p.m. on April 2
- Flood Warning issued for Allen County at 11:03 a.m.
- Pirate tennis loss at Elida
- Pirate softball loses opener to Ada
- Pirate baseball falls to Ada
- Allen County will not test warning sirens on April 2
- March 2025 land transfers in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District
- April 22 crash report shows driver hit N. Dixie home
- Bluffton High School Honor Roll announced for 3rd quarter of 2024-2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Obituary for Betty C. Mumaugh
- Leo Club supports Bluffton Clean Up
- Wind, rain and potential flooding for April 2
- Grandey to major in education, play basketball at John Carroll
- Pirate tennis blanks Bath
- Pirate baseball sweeps opening twin bill vs. Pandora-Gilboa
- “I Have Not Forsaken the Word of God” reader's theater, April 13
- Easter Cantata performed on April 13 in Pandora