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Ribbon cutting at noon

Open house - open to the community from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Bluffton Family Medicine will host its grand opening on Friday, Oct. 6, from noon to 2 p.m. at 204 N. Main St. Formal remarks and ribbon cutting will take place at noon by invitation only.

Nicholas Swisher was named to the University of Northwestern Ohio President’s List for the summer 2017 quarter, College of Business. To be named to the list, students must receive a grade point average of 4.0. Swisher is a 2015 Bluffton High School graduate.

Area residents experienced extreme temperatures of 49 degrees in September, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

A September low temperature of 42 was recorded Sept. 10. A high reading of 91 was recorded on five dates: Sept. 21, 22, 23 24, and 26.

Other September weather stats follow:
• Average September 2017 temperature 66.6 degrees
• Normal average September temperature 64.1 degrees

• September 2017 precipitation 2.05 inches
• Normal average September precipitation 2.96 inches

The 2017 annual meeting of the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) is Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Hancock County Agriculture Center on CR 140 in Findlay.

The meeting will start at 7 a.m. with registration and a continental breakfast. The program starts at 7:30 a.m. Updates and review of the work of the BRWP in 2017 will be presented.

Virtual 5K active through Dec. 31, 2017

The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm, Pandora, is holding the annual Quarry Farm 5K Run/Walk event on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m. Check-in is from 8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The race will be held rain or shine.

Registration is available online at https://www.active.com/pandora-oh/running/distance-running-virtual-event... and at www.thequarryfarm.org.

Bridge Bereavement Services will offer a presentation to address the myths associated with grief on Monday, October 16, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Marathon Auditorium at Blanchard Valley Hospital, 1900 South Main Street, Findlay. The presentation is free, open to the public and registration is not required.

This presentation will focus on dispelling the many myths and misconceptions of grief such as “grief gets better the second year” and “grief will progress in predictable stages.”

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