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The 5th annual Rally Point River Ride is Aug. 10, according to Jared Diller.

Start/Finish: Ottawa Metro Park
2632 Ada Road Lima, OH 45801
Start Times Vary:
7-9 am for 50/62.5 mile ride
9am-11 am for 20 mile ride

March has that whole lamb and lion thing going.  What do we get when June temperatures vary by 46 degrees in the month?

According to Pandora weather observer Guy Verhoff, the high temperature for June was 91 degrees (F) on June 25.  The low temperature was 45 degrees on June 4.

June saw precipitation totals of 3.52 inches of rain.  This is slightly below the June normal average of 4.16 inches. 

If you would like to see the complete statistics for June weather, click the attachment below.

Ten Thousand Villages,  115 S. Main St., Bluffton, offers easy and elegent, hand-carved bamboo barrettes, according to Aphaphanh Nussbaum, store manager.

The bamboo barrettes are $8 each and are handcrafted in Nepal. Artisans at the Champa workshop near Kathmandu carve the bamboo barrettes.

Open the attachment at the bottom of this story for more information.

Here's a view of the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool water slide that you don't see every day. It's photographed through the legs of one of the life guards.

 

Single-event tickets for Artist Series available July 20

Single-event tickets go on sale Saturday, July 20, for the 2013-14 Bluffton University Artist Series, featuring the Golden Dragon Acrobats, pianist Hyperion Knight, the Lima Symphony Orchestra, the band Lone Raven and ventriloquist Lynn Trefzger.

Bluffton Public Library's Edible Book contest registrations will be accepted until July 12, according to Cindi Chasse, library administrator.  

Entry categories include:
• preschool through grade 5,
• grade 6 through 12,
• adult and
• professional. 

Winners will be announced at 6:30 p.m. on July 25 and then guests will be invited to “dig in” and taste the entries. The contest is hosted in partnership with Bluffton University Musselman Library, and is free and open to the public.

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