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Three teachers installed Aug. 7 at Trinity Luthern Church and School

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2016 - 9:46pm

Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, welcomes three new teachers with an installation service on Sunday, Aug. 7, at 10:30 a.m. 

Installed will be Justin Eternick as principal and 7th and 8th grade teacher, Joshua von Stein as teacher of grades 5 and 6 and Seth Lange as teacher of grades 3 and 4. 

Eternick is a 2009 graduate of Lakeside Lutheran High School, Lake Mills, Wisc. He attended Martin Luther College and graduated with a double major in elementary and secondary education with a social studies minor.

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Pandora United Methodist Church holds free meal Aug. 31

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on August 4, 2016 - 2:14pm

The Pandora United Methodist Church will hold a free community meal on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 5:30-7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora. The meal this month is provided by the missions committee. The menu is sausage sandwich, sauerkraut, wedding noodles, watermelon, assorted cookies, punch, water and coffee.

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Ohio sales tax holiday coming this weekend

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on August 3, 2016 - 10:31pm

Ohio is having a sales tax holiday this weekend. The holiday will occur Friday, August 5, 2016 and end Sunday, August 7, 2016.

Items exempt from sale and use tax include clothing priced at $75 per item or less and school supplies and instructional material priced at $20 per item or less.

Check the Ohio Department of Taxation website for additional information.

http://www.tax.ohio.gov/sales_and_use/SalesTaxHoliday.aspx

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It wasn't your average July - weatherwise

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 3, 2016 - 10:02pm

Yes, it was hotter and dryer in July 2016 than most of the Julys that you remember.

According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, three days in July had temperature readings of 91 degrees. Those were July 13 and two days in a row – July 22 and 23.

The low reading of the month was 53 degrees back on July 2.

The average July 2016 temperature was 75.3 degrees. The normal July average is 73.2 degrees.

The average July rainfall is 3.80 inches. This July recorded only 0.88 inches of rain. Those were five days during the month when only traces were recorded.

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St. Rita's Health Partners donate AED to Bluffton Airport

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 3, 2016 - 9:51pm

On Aug. 3, St. Rita’s Health Partners donated an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to the Bluffton Airport.

AEDs are portable devices that check the heart rhythm and are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest.

The devices come equipped with instructions and can be used by bystanders who witness a sudden cardiac arrest.

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That's right - oh, what a night out in Bluffton!

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 3, 2016 - 9:22pm

It had all the elements of a small town summer party.

LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW!

National Night Out, an event for communities to get to know their police officers came off like a charm on Tuesday evening.

This year's third annual NNO was even larger than last year - and we thought last year's night would be tough to top.

Kudos to the Bluffton and Pandora police, fire and EMS for a night to remember. Jamie Nygaard shares several of her photos of the evening. They follow people. Please enjoy!

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