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It wasn't just a hunch. May was warmer than normal. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, the average May daily temperature in 2012 was 67.2 degrees. The normal May average daily temperature is 60.2 degrees.

The high reading was 94 degrees on May 27 and again on May 28. The low reading was 43 on May 17.

The May 2012 precipitation was recorded at 4.03 inches. The normal average precipitation for May is 3.67. Most of the May rain came in one swoop. On May 29 it rained 2.25 inches.

County fair dates for 2012 are now set. Area fairs follow:

Paulding County - June 11 to 16
Allen County - Aug. 17-25
Putnam County - June 18-23
Hancock County - Aug. 29-Sept. 3
Van Wert County - Aug. 28-Sept. 4
Hardin County - Sept. 5-9

Going up

The Icon spotted these guys doing some heavy brickwork somewhere in Bluffton. Want to guess where they are working? Click here for the answer.

The Inn at ONU, a full-service hotel in Ada, has built a reputation for quality and customer services. Guests at The Inn experience luxurious accommodations, fine dining and friendly staff.

To continue to meet its guests' needs, The Inn will undergo building improvements and enhancements over the summer.

These will be completed in four phases. The Inn will continue to operate as normal during the first two phases of the work.

The Village Cut & Curl Relay for Life team, Cherry Street, is selling tickets for the a Longaberger gift basket.

According to Lynda Best, the Longaberger basket includes a liner, bath products, candle Walmart card, Taco bell coupons, $25 car wash coupons. The $125 value tickets are $1 each or six for $5. The drawing is June 22.

Basinger Plumbing and Heating takes its customers seriously. When a Basinger employee works in your home he wears shoe covers so he won't track dirt all over your house.

A couple days after the work is completed someone calls to make certain everything is satisfactory.

There are many other ways the company works with customers. One is the way jobs are estimated. Aaron Basinger, who has worked in the family business since he was in eighth grade, handles estimating along with scheduling, ordering parts and bidding commercial jobs.

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