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ODOT kicks off construction season in northwest Ohio

Posted by Staff on March 16, 2023 - 5:15am

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (March 15, 2023) – The Ohio Department of Transportation announced today that it expects to invest a record $2.5 billion into more than 1,000 projects during this year’s construction season to improve transportation and make Ohio’s roads safer across the state.

This year’s statewide construction program includes 31 new projects that are considered “major” with a value above $10 million. There are 190 safety projects aimed directly at reducing serious or deadly crashes. More than 5,700 miles of pavement will be improved, and 823 bridges will be repaired or replaced.

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Ribbon Cutting for FNB Lima branch on March 22

Posted by Staff on March 16, 2023 - 5:12am

First National Bank is excited to host a ribbon cutting and celebration of its newest full-service community bank at 2580 Eastown Road, Lima. The ribbon cutting will take place Wednesday, March 22 at 4:00 p.m. with the help of the Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce. Refreshments and desserts will be served. Guests will also be able to take a tour of the new branch and meet our Lima team.

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Let's hear it for the Hermiller boys

Posted by Paula Scott on March 16, 2023 - 4:59am

Five Hermillers, four generations: L-R) Henry (b. 2022), Jordan (b. 1986) Vern (born 1929), Larry (b. 1960), Jackson (b. 2022). Vern Hermiller and his wife Marge have retired from dairy farming between Bluffton and Pandora. Vern quips that they are now in assisted living: He assists her and she assists him.

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2023 Jefferson Awards will recognize unsung heroes

Posted by Staff on March 15, 2023 - 8:53am

The 2023 Jefferson Awards Banquet will be held on Tuesday, March 28 at the City Club, 144 S. Main St., Lima, Ohio beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The national program recognizes the “unsung heroes” by awarding individuals who give their time and effort, on a volunteer basis, to improve their communities. The national program, founded in 1972, was brought to Lima in 2001.

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Prothro to present Civic Engagement Day Forum, March 28

Posted by Staff on March 15, 2023 - 7:02am

Marathana Prothro, assistant professor of communication at Bluffton University, will present Bluffton’s annual Civic Engagement Day Forum titled, “Echo Chambers and Fun-House Mirrors: Navigating an Age of Alternate Facts, Distorted Reality and Fractured Relationships.” The presentation will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, in Yoder Recital Hall.

As the Civic Engagement lecturer, Prothro draws from communication and media scholarship to sketch our media ecosystem and to suggest practices of engagement that foster connection rather than amplify polarization.

Prothro received her bachelor’s degree from Southwestern College in 2003 and her master’s from Wichita State University in 2010. Along with being an assistant professor, she is the divisional council member of communication and fine arts at Bluffton.

Civic Engagement Day is the culmination of a year-long exploration of the civic engagement theme “Please Don’t ‘Ghost’ Me!: Creating Space for Authentic Conversations.”

Forum is free and open to the public.

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Bluffton University plans spring 2024 tour of Scotland and Ireland

Posted by Staff on March 15, 2023 - 6:59am

Bluffton University will host an Alumni and Friends tour of Scotland and Ireland, May 9-22, 2024. Join President Jane M. Wood and fellow travelers as they visit Scottish and Irish landscapes and cities that inspired the literary minds of Arthur Conan Doyle, C.S. Lewis, James Joyce, Walter Scott, William Shakespeare, Ali Smith, Robert Louis Stevenson and W.B. Yeats.

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