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Not so fast! The Bluffton Icon incorrectly listed the Riley Creek Strummers location on Tuesday, December 10 on our calendar.

They will be providing Holiday Music at Bluffton Public Library at 1:00 p.m. on the library main level. Thank you to a reader for this correction!

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, December 13. The meeting will be held on the third floor of the Town Hall.

Members who have membership announcements may email [email protected] by Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Please use subject line "Member Announcement".

Twisted Whisk Cafe will be providing the breakfast.

Breakfast will be served at 7 a.m.

Program begins at 7:30 a.m.

The Allen Co. Agronomy Outlook is Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at the Allen Co Fairgrounds.

For Information, call 419-879-9108. Registration and additional information will be posted on https://www.facebook.com/allencountyextension/

Partial list of Presenters:

Barry Ward, OSU Extension - Crop Budgets and Tax Update

Bailey Elchinger, Stone X - Grain Market Outlooks

Brandon Kern, Ohio Soybean Council - Farm Policy Update

Stephanie Karhoff, OSU Extension- TBA

 

Wednesday, December 11, 5-7:00 p.m, Mercy Health in the Physicians Conference Room, Health Cafe

Project | SEARCH is a year-long program offered by Apollo Career Center. This program is tailored for students with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. Its purpose is to provide both entry-level and more complex job experiences in a business environment. Project | SEARCH collaborates with Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, Apollo Career Center, Mercy Health/St. Rita's Medical Center Employment Services, and local school districts.

The Village of Bluffton Council will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 9. The agenda (attached HERE) includes the following legislation:

First reading by emergency of an ordinance that begins the process of authorizing the Lima Building Department as local authority for enforcing Ohio building codes, approving plans and specifications, and making inspections. 

In October, Village Administrator Jesse Blackburn reported that the Wood County services currently being used are getting busier and struggling to cover all jobs. He noted that the Village was working on ways to cover plumbing inspections in the portion of Bluffton in Hancock County.

Editor's note: The Lima Building Dept. is also known as the Lima/Allen County Building Department.

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From Scott Little
Bluffton Ohio Historical Society Secretary

The December meeting of the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will be on Wednesday, December 11 at the Bluffton Public Library at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Shannon (History) Room on the main floor of the library. 

Committee reports and planning for 2025 will be on the agenda. Additionally, details will be ironed out for upcoming "Bluffton Show & Tell, Part 1" scheduled for Wednesday, January 15 in the basement community room in the library.

The public is invited.  Bring a story and a friend.

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