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Number of farms in Ohio decreased in 2022

Posted by Staff on February 24, 2023 - 6:30am

The number of farms in Ohio in 2022 was 76,500, according to the USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Land in farms was 13.1 million acres, down 400,000 acres from last year. The average size farm in Ohio was 171 acres per farm, down 5 acres 2021. 

The number of farms in the United States for 2022 is estimated at 2,002,700, down 9,350 farms from 2021. Total land in farms, at 893,400,000 acres, decreased 1,900,000 acres from 2021. The average farm size for 2022 is 446 acres, up from 445 acres the previous year.

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Business
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Letter: Medicaid and the end of the public health emergency

Posted by Staff on February 24, 2023 - 6:00am

Letter to the Icon from William Kose, MD, JD, Vice President of Special Projects, Blanchard Valley Health System

Those of you who receive health insurance through Medicaid, or food through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, will be affected by some changes happening soon.

While these changes are happening at the federal level, and affect multiple agencies, we here at Blanchard Valley Health System want to help make sure everyone has the information they need.

Both Medicaid and SNAP have been operating under different regulations ever since public health declared a federal emergency on Jan. 31, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. States could not remove the insured from their Medicaid rolls as long as the public health emergency was in effect. 

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Health Services
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Letter: BFR and Lima Family YMCA to consolidate effective April 2023

Posted by Staff on February 24, 2023 - 6:00am

The boards of directors of Lima Family YMCA and Bluffton Family Recreation Center  (CFR) are pleased to announce they have agreed to come together and operate as one organization. The organization will continue to operate existing facilities and offer programs in both Lima and Bluffton, with the Bluffton Family Recreation Center being re-named Bluffton Family YMCA.

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Business
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Fish Fry at Emmanuel United Church of Christ

Posted by Staff on February 23, 2023 - 12:00pm

Emmanuel United Church of Christ will be hosting a fish fry on Friday, March 10 from 4:00 to 7:00. The cost is $12 per meal. Dine in or carry out options are available, with carry out including up to three pieces of fish, cheesy potatoes, green beans, apple sauce and a cookie. There is a separate line for carry out.

Emmanuel United Church of Christ is located at 8375 Phillips Rd, Bluffton, and their phone number is 419-358-1561.

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Worship
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Village Utilities meeting scheduled February 24

Posted by Staff on February 23, 2023 - 11:22am

The Village of Bluffton has announced a new meeting:

Utilities Committee - Friday, February 24 at 12:30 p.m.

Other upcoming public meetings are:

Joint Personnel Committee & Finance - Friday, February 24 at 11:30 a.m.

Council Meeting - Monday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m.

All meetings are at the Town Hall, 154 N. Main St. unless otherwise noted.

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Public Meetings
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Bluffton boys rally past AE in 2-OT basketball sectional thriller

Posted by Paula Scott on February 23, 2023 - 7:04am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys basketball team executed an epic fourth quarter rally to force an eventual double-overtime thriller against backyard rival Allen East in Div. III sectional semifinal action at the Elida Fieldhouse Wednesday night, February 22.

The Pirates then outscored AE in the second overtime 17-6, primarily from the foul line, to complete an improbable 78-67 comeback win, with the final margin of victory quite misleading.

Bluffton trailed by 16 points going into the fourth period, but rallied to tie it with a 27-11 flurry.

Including the overtimes, the Pirates outscored the Mustangs 50-23 after the third period. Bluffton scored 14 of its 17 points in the second OT at the charity stripe.

Both rivals came into the evenly-matched fray with identical 14-8 records.

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Sports
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