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Apollo Career Center hosts school board members

Kick off of Career Tech Education Month
Posted by Icon K on February 3, 2020 - 6:00am

Apollo Career Center will kick off Career Tech Education Month with the annual all area boards meeting held Thursday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. in the Apollo Commons. Apollo Superintendent Keith Horner will be providing opening remarks beginning at 6:45 p.m..

Bob Wrasman, a 1979 graduate of Apollo’s Auto Body Repair and Allen East, and Paul Conner, a 1996 graduate of Apollo’s Welding and Fabrication and Allen East, will be inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame. Gina Place, Wapakoneta, will be recognized as the Charles M. Hankish, Jr. Student Citizen of the Year.

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50 years of Bluffton Senior Citizens

Feb. 10 senior citizens potluck program
Posted by LizGH on February 3, 2020 - 6:00am

A 50-year review of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center is the program of the noon, Monday, Feb. 10, senior center monthly potluck.

Tonya Meyer, director of the center, will provide the program. In addition, Ceacle Shields, who celebrates her 90th birthday in February, will receive a life membership.

The center offers a wide range of activities throughout the week for senior citizens, whether you wish to play euchre or dominoes, or help sew a quilt or make a rag rug. See the newsletter (attached below) to see the weekly schedule. 

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Someone turned up the heat

and forgot to turn off the water spigot in January
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2020 - 8:54pm

Someone turned up the heat and forgot to turn off the water spigot last month.

January 2020’s average high temperature was 39.2 degrees and the average low was 27.2 degrees, making the average January temperature slightly above freezing at 33.2 degrees.

Compare those numbers with January’s normal average temperature of 25.4 degrees. 

And,  while most of us don’t remember the snow, January’s total was 5.6 inches. Precipitation was 4.29 inches. Compare that to the normal average precipitation for January of 2.26 inches.

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What you need to know about the Coronavirus

From Allen County Public Health Department
Posted by Icon K on February 2, 2020 - 6:00am

Allen County Public Health is closely monitoring this situation and is working with the Ohio Department of Health as well as other state and local public health partners and CDC to respond to this emerging public health threat. The goal of the ongoing U.S. public health response is to contain this outbreak and prevent sustained spread of 2019-nCoV in this country. The risk for getting coronavirus is low unless you have traveled to China within the previous 14 days of becoming ill, or have been around someone ill with the virus.

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Denecker: "Voucher plan could impact Bluffton in the future"

When these scholarships vouchers are taken to private schools, $4,650 is assigned to K-8 students while $6,000 is designated for students in grades 9-12.  When this happens, money is taken away from public school districts
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 31, 2020 - 1:40pm

Bluffton school superintendent has commented on the new school voucher plan that will impact Ohio public school. Those comments are part of the Bluffton school winter newsletter. His comments follow:

By Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent
You may have seen various news reports regarding the new school voucher plan that is potentially going to impact 426 school districts in the state of Ohio.  

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Concerned about climate change?

Climate Advocate workshop at library on Feb. 8
Posted by LizGH on January 31, 2020 - 6:00am

Are you concerned about climate change?

Become a Climate Advocate by joining the Citizen’s Climate Lobby (CCL), a nationwide bipartisan group, dedicated to lobbying Congress for climate solutions.

Anyone interested should attend the Climate Advocate Training workshop on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the library (in the Monroe Room) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Representatives from CCL will cover their mission and values, history and successes, the structure of local chapters, and relevant skills. This workshop is part of establishing a local CCL chapter.

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