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Beaverdam-Richland Fire Department assists in Bath Twp. mobile homes fire

Posted by Paula Scott on November 19, 2021 - 6:01am

Bath Township Fire Department responded to a report of a mobile home on fire at 2145 N. Dixie Hwy. Lot #30, Lima, Ohio, in Bath Township at 11:12 A.M. on November 18.

Upon arrival, firefighters found the mobile home fully involved with the next-door mobile home also involved.

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Local weather observations show first snow

Posted by Paula Scott on November 18, 2021 - 6:03am

In his report for the first half of November, Guy Verhoff's Pandora weather observations show the first marks in the column for snow.

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Winter weather refresher

Posted by Paula Scott on November 16, 2021 - 6:30am

It wasn’t much, but it was white and frozen. The first snow of the season fell on Sunday, November 14, briefly accumulating in the Bluffton area. The Icon offers the following refresher on preparing for winter.

Conditions and alerts

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JAMPD photo contest entries online and at ArtSpace Lima

Posted by Paula Scott on November 15, 2021 - 6:30am

Entries in the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District 2021 Nature Photography Contest--including Bluffton scenes and photographers--can now be viewed on Flickr.  A record 305 photos were entered in the contest.

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November chamber meeting: Pathway donations, BCE Annual Report

Posted by Paula Scott on November 14, 2021 - 6:10am

The November 12 meeting of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce at town hall was emceed by board member Derek Dukes of Southgate Lanes and sponsored by the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs.

Dukes announced that posters for the November 27 Blaze of Lights will be distributed in the next few days. New in 2021, the chamber’s annual residential holiday lighting contest will have two divisions with three Bluffton Bucks prizes for each division--northwest and southeast of Main St. It was also noted that the chamber is still taking applications for its part-time CEO position.

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Random selection for County Health Assessment survey 

Posted by Paula Scott on November 14, 2021 - 5:03am

The Allen County Community Health Assessment Committee has begun its survey of Allen County residents as part of a community health assessment process. The Allen County Community Health Assessment Committee is working closely with the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio and researchers at the University of Toledo to conduct the survey. 

Over the next two months, 2,000 Allen County residents will be randomly selected to participate in a survey of adults ages 19-years and older. Residents of Allen County who are randomly selected are urged to complete and return the survey.

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