Citizens Wealth Management Group (CWMG) has welcomed Ann Meiring, financial advisor, to its team.
Meiring will be working in the CNB Lima office, located at 201 N. Main Street. Chad King, Lima Market President states, “We’re excited to partner with Ann to provide financial planning services directly from the Lima office. Her understanding of the Lima community and local experience as a financial advisor are a welcome addition to our team.”
ODOT District 1 has announced that the following construction projects are anticipated to affect area highways during the week of September 18. All outlined work is weather permitting.
State Route 12 just east of State Route 115 (near Vaughnsville) will close on Monday, Sept. 11, for approximately 11 days for a culvert installation project. Detour: SR 115 to U.S. 30 to SR 65, back to SR 12 (see map).
The Bluffton High School football team lambasted Spencerville 56-0 in a Northwest Conference road contest Friday night, September 15, to stay undefeated.
The Pirates raced to a 35-0 halftime lead and cruised to victory.
Landen Worcester rushed for three touchdowns and 171 yards to pace the potent Pirate ground game, which compiled 414 yards.
On on foggy weekday, some folks check for a school delay and snuggle under the covers. Bluffton photographer Jamie Nygaard straps on her camera and goes in search of scenes such as this Motter Park spider web.
The Northwest Conference and its member schools have announced that Lima Central Catholic High School has accepted an invitation to become a member of the conference in all sports beginning with the 2024-25 school year. Member schools met Wednesday and voted unanimously to extend an invitation to Lima Central Catholic.
This will give the conference 8 full-time members with the pending departures of Ada and Leipsic in 2024-25.
The Pandora-Gilboa High School football team sent shock waves throughout the Blanchard Valley Conference on Friday, September 16, when they traveled to Doc Miller Field in McComb and beat the #4 state ranked and previously undefeated Panthers. The surprise wasn’t that they won, but how they won; overwhelming McComb (4-1) by a final of 42-14.
The Lima/Allen County Safe Community Coalition reports there was one fatal traffic crash on Allen County roadways during June, July, and August 2023, a period of
time often referred to as the” 100 Deadlliest Days of Summer.”
Thus far, there have been a total of 7 fatalities on Allen County roadways due to traffic crashes in 2023. In comparison, during 2022 there were 6 fatal crash through August 2022.
During her 15-year career in marketing, 2005 Bluffton University graduate Charlene Coughlin has witnessed (and participated in) a shift in the industry toward positive marketing and advertising which can make an impact on a community.
“As marketers, we have the responsibility to do not only what’s right for the client but also for their customers,” explained the president of TWIST Creative. “We can both positively and negatively start a conversation. Our team often talks about how we can change culture through our advertising campaigns, and I think that’s what we’ve seen the last few years.”
Coughlin, who’s worked with companies ranging from Sherwin Williams to the Cleveland Natural History Museum, shared several examples of positive marketing during the Sept. 12 Forum “Marketing and Mental Health–The Industry’s Impact on Individuals and Communities.”
The white-hot Bluffton High School varsity volleyball team stayed on a roll as they swept Lima Central Catholic in a non-league bout Thursday evening, September 14.
Bluffton rolled 25-14, 25-10, 25-13 to extend their win streak to nine matches.
