By Bluffton school music teachers This column is reprinted from the spring school newsletter.
Over 250 students were part of the vocal music program during 2020-2021.
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The high school symphonic choir (juniors and seniors), concert choir (freshmen and sophomores), and chamber choir (by audition) participated in virtual recordings of a fall, Christmas, chicken barbecue, and spring concert.
Several Ohio Department of Transportation construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in the Bluffton area this week.
• Interstate 75 between Napoleon Road and state Route 235 just south of the village of Beaverdam to three miles north of the village of Bluffton, in Allen and Hancock counties, will experience lane restrictions and ramp closures for paving and reconstruction.
UPCOMING IMPACT
Daily work is expected to resume on Monday, April 5.
A West Ohio Food Bank food distribution takes place from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, at St. John Mennonite Church, 15988 Road 4, Pandora. The attached flyer provides details.
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio offers the following volunteer opportunities this month. Persons interested may contact Chris Moser, [email protected], 419-358-1015 extension 263.
At Mennonite Memorial Home
Medical Transport drivers: (Licensed driver to take residents to Bluffton Lima Findlay area doctors’ appointments)
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Wednesday announced a series of statewide drawings to provide incentives to Ohioans to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
With wide access to the life-saving vaccine to help Ohioans safe, Governor DeWine also announced that most COVID-19 health orders would be removed on June 2nd. DeWine made the announcements during a statewide address to Ohioans Wednesday evening.
“For a year, Ohioans have made sacrifices to save lives and keep our state moving forward. What you have done has really worked," he said.
Hilty Preschool and Child Care Center, Pandora, is the recipient of an $8,760 grant to purchase a new smart board, HEPA air filters, new cots and new bikes.
The grant is from the Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana, which will hold a golf tournament July 5-11 at Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania.
The Hilty Preschool and Child Care Center was encouraged by parents who work at Marathon to apply for funding.
