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Need a place to park your bike on Main Street? No problem

Bike racks in four downtown locations will handle 17 bikes
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 4, 2020 - 3:17pm

As Bluffton becomes a more friendly bicycle village, more incentives become available to encourage bike use here.

The most recent is the creation of 17 bicycle parking spaces to be installed this fall along the Main Street business district.

The bike racks come as a result of a $5,000 grant from the Allen County Health Department’s "Creating Healthy Communities.”

Those 17 parking spaces are planned for:
• Town hall (3 spaces)
• Presbyterian alley (4)
• Edward Jones alley on North Main (5)
• Book ReViews alley (5)

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Ohio Department of Health will begin covid-19 data reporting by school districts

Governor DeWine announced details for Ohio's forthcoming case reporting order for K-12 schools
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 4, 2020 - 6:45am

Governor DeWine announced details for Ohio's forthcoming case reporting order for K-12 schools.

Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8, parents or guardians and school staff should notify their school within 24 hours of receiving a positive test or a clinical diagnosis.

Within 24 hours after receiving that notification, the school should notify other parents and guardians about that case in writing, providing as much information as possible without releasing protected health information.

The school must also notify their local health department within 24 hours. 

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Absentee ballot request forms in the mail

Secretary of State encourages voters choosing to go absentee to send request ASAP
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 4:58pm

Earlier this summer, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced every registered Ohio voter would receive an absentee ballot request form in the mail. Those request forms are arriving in mailboxes this week – one week ahead of schedule.

Ohioans who want to vote by absentee ballot must send their request form back to their county board of elections in order to receive an absentee ballot.

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Bentley pathway ribbon cut virtually on Sept. 14

27 volunteers will participate Sept. 14-20 in pedestrian-biker count
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 4:17pm

With the extended Bentley Road pathway construction on schedule, the Bluffton Pedestrian and Bike Pathway board will hold a virtual ribbon cutting at 4 p.m., Monday, Sept. 14, according to Richard Ramseyer, board chair.

Details on how to watch the ribbon cutting will be announced soon. Longtime pathway supporters John and Jenny Pilarowski will cut the ribbon officially opening the pathway. 

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41 degree temperature range experienced in August

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:13am

August temperature’s experienced a 41-degree range, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

The month’s high reading of 92 degrees was on Aug. 25 and 27. The low was 51 degrees on Aug. 5.

Other August weather stats follow:
August 2020 average temperature 72.2 degrees
Normal August average temperature 72.1 degrees

August 2020 rainfall 2.97 inches
Normal August average rainfall 3.28 inches

The daily August weather summary is below:­

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AMA - Ask me anything (about Covid-19)

How do we help kids cope with all of the questions surrounding COVID-19?
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 2, 2020 - 9:12am

This Covid-19 question video series is in cooperation with Ada SAFE 2020. The series is the collective work of experts, community leaders, organizers, parents, and members of the community.

The question is: "How do we help kids cope with all of the questions surrounding COVID-19?"

In the accompanying video. Dr. Ann Johnson, Associate Professor of Psychology at Ohio Northern University, responds.

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