In mid-September, The Bluffton Icon's sister publication, The Ada Icon, will be six months old. We like to take a moment and share with viewers some of the interesting stats about we've experienced in our first six months with The Ada Icon.
If you've not yet checked it out go here: www.adaicon.com.
These are according to Google Analytics:
7,450 total visits to the site
3,474 individual viewers (some check in twice a day!)
20,322 pages visited
2.73 pages views per each visit
Ann Kingsley talks with the Nye family during Friday's "meet the teacher" afternoon at the Bluffton elementary school. Bluffton's first day of school is Monday.
It's another certain sign that the 2012-13 school year is on the way. Scott Phillips, Bluffton village service department, has been busy painting stripes along intersections to assist walkers to school. Click for a video.
The Village of Bluffton will see its annual population spike this weekend, beginning Friday, Aug. 24, with about 280 new first-year and transfer students moving onto the Bluffton University campus.
New student move-in, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, will open a weekend on which other Bluffton undergraduates will return to campus for the start of classes Monday, Aug. 27.
Capping the weekend, from 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, both new and returning students will continue a fall semester-eve tradition with an ice cream social on Bluffton's Main Street.
Applications are being accepted for the Allen and Van Wert Counties Master Gardener Training Class of 2012. Ohio Master Gardeners attend 50 hours of training and provide 50 hours of volunteer service to the community as volunteer educators. Allen County residents commit to volunteer service in Allen County and Van Wert County residents commit to volunteer service in Van Wert County.
