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School in session and January full of activities

Here's a sampling of January events at BHS
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 6, 2020 - 3:39pm

School is back in session and January is full of activites. Here’s some of the event in January on the Bluffton High School website:

Drama Club spring auditions: Students interested in trying out for the spring play need to pick up information outside of the choir room this week. Audition  are Monday Jan. 13, at 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. 

Red Cross bood drive: A Red Cross bood drive is Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the high school gym.

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Monday's recycling route pick up moved to Tuesday

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 6, 2020 - 2:45pm

Today's (Monday, Jan. 6) recycling route will be picked up on Tuesday, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.

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January's school lunch menu

Posted by LizGH on January 6, 2020 - 6:00am

Here's the first Bluffton schools' lunch menu of the new year. 

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Bluffton Pediatrics update at Friday's chamber breakfast

Medical practice celebrates its fifth year
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 3, 2020 - 3:15pm

Bluffton Pediatrics: The first five years and the next five years," is the program for  the 7 a.m., Friday, Jan. 10, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast, according to Paula Scott, chamber CEO.

Owned by Beth and Jim Bish, chamber members will hear about the Bluffton medical practice located at 122 N. Jackson St.

Other items on the Jan. 10 agenda include business and member updates. Persons interested in attending the breakfast should RSVP by Wednesday, Jan. 8, to [email protected].

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2019 weather in a word: Rain

Over 23 inches of rain fell from early April to late July
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 3, 2020 - 2:15pm

How will 2019 be remembered weather-wise?

In one word: Rain.

From April 1 to July 31 the Pandora-Bluffton area experienced 23.83 inches of rain. Those four months accounted for more than one-half of the entire year’s rainfall, which reached 44.23 inches. 

The 2019 rainfall was the highest recorded in the area since 54.86 inches fell in 2011.

The 23.83 inches of rain during that four-month period compares to a normal average of 15.43 inches during that same period. 

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Very busy year for Bluffton EMS

Jan Basinger: "With nearly 400 transported patients, this is the most in my 28 years of service."
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 2, 2020 - 2:38pm

Bluffton EMS transported 375 patients to area hospitals in 2019, according to Jan Basinger, EMS chief. And, it responded to 447 calls within the village of Bluffton and 99 outside the village.

“We were very busy this year,” Basinger told The Icon. “With nearly 400 transported patients, this is the most in my 28 years of service.”

The 2019 figures compare to 2018 when 358 patients were transported to hospitals and EMS responded to 403 calls within the village and 98 outside the village.

July had the greatest number of calls at 50; February the lowest at 36.

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