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Saturday, Oct. 8, at The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve, rural Pandora

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Bluffton Public Library wants its patrons to take a hike - and the library staff means it.

Actually, it's a guide hike. It's at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve, 14321 Road 7L, Pandora. A rain date is Oct. 22.

The family-friendly event will include an approximately one-hour guided hike on the preserve.

Persons attending can visit farm animals, and will be followed by refreshments at the shelterhouse, courtesy of The Quarry Farm.

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Outside work near the Garau Street entrance to Bluffton Hospital started this week. It's part of the $4.5 million project establishing The Women's Center of Bluffton Hospital.

 

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Bluffton elementary has a busy month in October. Here are some of the events planned, taken from the September newsletter.

Paula Scott leads Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs workshop

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Bluffton Center for  Entrepreneurs will provide a free Facebook workshop following the Friday, Oct. 14, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast.

Paula Scott will provide workshop participants with some new tips and information on using Facebook to benefit your business. The workshop follows the chamber breakfast at 8:45 a.m. and is free and open to the public.

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Van Buren Black Knights visited the Bluffton Pirates  on Saturday for a non-conference game and gave BHS its third loss of the season: 1-0.
 
Ryan Turner took one of two Van Buren shots on goal at the 6th minute of the game and got it past Bluffton’s keeper, Levi Smith.
 
The balance of the game was intense, muddy, and scoreless.
 
Bluffton took nine shots on goal to two for Van Buren.
 
Van Buren’s keeper, Hunter Fleck had nine saves, to one for Levi Smith.
 
Bluffton’s JV team prevailed, 3-0.

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Yes, September was hotter and wetter than Septembers you remember.

According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, this past September’s average temperature was 69.4 degrees. The normal average is 64.1 degrees.

Rain fall this September was 4.15 inches. The normal average September rainfall is 2.96 inches.

September’s high temperature was 93 degrees on the 7th. The low was 49 degrees on the 27th.
Open the attachment for the entire month’s summary.

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