PART OF BLANCHARD VALLEY
MEDICAL PRACTICES
Robert Schutz, MD, has joined Bluffton Women’s Care, 559 Harmon Road, Bluffton, part of Blanchard Valley Medical Practices.
Dr. Schutz provides obstetrics and gynecological care, and is accepting new and existing patients. He is joined at Bluffton Women’s Care by his longtime associates certified nurse midwives Tonya Fenzl and Shirley Cole.
Note: Jan Emmert provides the following additional information concerning the photo of Santa that the Icon posted on Dec. 24. The information provided is a portion of an email he sent to his brothers and sisters.
There are two things of interest to our family in this picture in the Bluffton Icon of downtown Bluffton, including the old Citizens Bank in the Center of town.
Nettie Ferrall, 93, of Bluffton died Jan. 2, 2016, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Bluffton University women’s basketball team trailed for most of the contest, but stormed back in the final period for a 69-68 victory over the Franklin College Grizzlies on Saturday, Jan. 2. With the win, Bluffton remains a perfect 11-0 on the season and takes sole possession of first place in the HCAC with a 4-0 mark. Franklin slipped to 7-4 and 3-1 in conference play.
Q: How many individuals viewed the Bluffton Icon in 2015?
A: Would you believe 138,203? That’s the answer, according to Google Analytics.
The analytic program tracks more statistics that we know what to do with. Needless to say, it reveals lots of significant information.
We’d like to share some of our 2015 facts and figures with viewers. For starters, those 138,203 viewers clicked on the Icon almost one-half million times, or an average of 1,220 total visits per day!
Weather-wise, 2015 was a year to remember this way: temperatures rose to not-so-normal highs in November and December. And, few complaints were aired.
Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, offers 2015 weather stats to the Icon. A chart at the bottom of this story shows monthly averages. It also shows averages from 2006. Here’s some of the 2015 highlights:
• 2015 average temperature: 50.9; the normal average temperature is 50.3
• 2015 high temperature: 91
• 2105 low temperature: -9
