The Bluffton Child Development Center is holding a raffle, which offers several prizes. Those prizes include two boys' bicycles (20 and 26 inch), two girls' bicycles (20 and 26 inch), four bike helmets, a Wilson NFL football and gift cards.
Tickets are $2 each or three for $5. Tickets are available at Citizens National Bank or from any board member. Drawing for prizes will take place Dec. 14.
Look at the thermometer! There are guys driving around in convertibles with their tops down and it's late October. Here's the high and low readings for the past seven day, plus the precipitation record, from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
The course at Ottawa Park was a familiar one; the team had run there before at the O-G Blue/Gold Invite earlier in the season. The course, while fairly flat, has many tight turns, which makes it one of the more difficult to run. Nevertheless, the weather was flawless and Bluffton was prepared for battle.
The Bluffton High School girls' cross country team placed second to qualify for regionals. Senior Matthew Herron also placed second individually and will represent Bluffton boys Saturday in Tiffin.
Bluffton's schedule of debt was released at the Oct. 25 council meeting. The debt balance as of Jan. 1, 2011, will total $10,978,268. Debt funds include:
o Town hall improvement
o Five water projects
o Two waste water projects
To view the schedule of debt open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
NOTE: A summary of the 2011 Bluffton village budget is available as an attachment at the bottom of this story.
It was announced at the Oct. 25 Bluffton council meeting that the number of signatures on the annexation of the North Dixie Highway area currently stands at 19 (not including the village). That means that a majority of property owners in that area want to annex their property to the village.
