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59th annual Summerfest set Aug. 9 in Beaverdam

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2014 - 7:00pm

Beaverdam Volunteer Fire and Rescue will host its 59th annual Summerfest from 4 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9.

The event features homemade food, games, live band (Chez Cheese), safety demonstrations and a raffle drawing for grand prizes and door prizes.

This year's prizes include a 4-foot Poly Glider, Stainless Steel Kenmore Grill, Air Hockey Table, $300 Meijer gift card, Inflatable Bounce House and an Ohio State campfire ring.
There will also be live chain saw carving by On Track Carvings.
 

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Eat your Shredded Wheat

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2014 - 6:10pm

Bluffton is surrounded by "shredded wheat." It's not the ceral, however. According to Mark Badertscher of the Hardin County Extension Office, those are large round bales of wheat straw. They are used for livestock bedding. In some cases, straw is sold for use as a landscape mulch for highway projects or when seeding lawns. Other uses could be mulch for fruit and vegetable production or gardens. These bales are on a farm south of the Lincoln Highway.

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Eat your Shredded Wheat

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2014 - 6:04pm

Bluffton is surrounded by shredded wheat, but not the kind you eat for breakast. It just looks like that. According to Mark Badertscher of the Hardin County Extention Office, those are large round bales of wheat straw. They are used for livestock bedding. In some cases, straw is sold for use as a landscape mulch for highway projects or when seeding lawns. Other uses could be mulch for fruit and vegetable production or gardens. These bales are on State Route 81 south of Bluffton.

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It's Ada's big weekend - 101st Farmers' & Merchants' Picnic; parade, truck & tractor pulls, entertainment & more

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2014 - 6:00pm

This weekend is the 101st annual Ada Farmers’ and Merchants’ Picnic. There’s lots of activities for all age groups and interest groups.

A PRINTABLE FLYER LIST ALL EVENTS IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Events take place Friday, Aug. 8, and Saturday, Aug. 9, in the War Memorial Park, Ada. For additional information about the event call 419-235-4231.

Here’s this year’s schedule:

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Ada exits Bluffton's Region in football playoffs

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2014 - 11:40am

Ada High School, as a Division VI football team, has moved from Region 20 to Region 22 in this year’s Ohio High School Athletic football playoff makeup. Bluffton will remain in Region 22.

The Bulldogs are one of 15 Ohio schools who have changed regions. The only other school close to Ada making a Division VI change is Riverdale, who also moved from Region 20 to 22.

OPEN THE STATE MAP SHOWING DIVISION VI REGIONS AT THE BOTTOM.

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Weather summary: It wasn't your normal July

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2014 - 10:14am

It wasn’t your normal Bluffton July.

While the normal average July temperature is 72.8 degrees, this year’s average temperature was a cool 68.7 degrees.

July 2014 precipitation totaled 2.99 inches with the normal July average precipitation at 3.85 inches.

The high reading of the month was 88 on July 22 and the low was 48 on July 29. The accompanying chart lists the daily weather summaries, provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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