Contributing to your IRA is a wonderful way to save for your future. You still have time to contribute to your traditional and Roth IRAs for the 2018 tax year; even though we have already begun 2019.
Using an IRA, whether it is a traditional or Roth, gives investors the opportunity for tax-deferred growth during the accumulation phase.
For many, the accumulation phase is from the time they start earning income from a job or career to the time they retire from the workforce.
S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club's 16th annual craft and garage sale at The Centre at Bluffton, 601 N. Main St. will be held on Friday, Feb. 22, from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 23, from 9 a.m.-Noon. On Friday from 4:30-6:30 p.m. there will also be a Ted's Market chicken barbecue. Watch for more details coming soon on the Icon.
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at Bluffton High School, on Thursday, Jan. 24, from 8:30-2 p.m.
This blood drive is open to Bluffton High School students and the public. Please enter the Jackson Street doors at the high school. The blood drive is in the new gymnasium.
To schedule your blood donation appointment, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or go to redcrossblood.org, sponsor code “bluffhsoh.”
FROM ADA ICON - Annette Coger took this photo of a snow shark from the inside window of her residence south of Ada at the corner of State Route 235 and County Road 60.
Those two facts answer the two questions on most people’s minds in Bluffton today.
Q: How cold was it?
A: Minus 13 early Monday morning
Q: How much snow did we get?
A: 6.7 inches on Saturday
The weather stats are from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
That -13 is 1 degree colder than the coldest temperature reported in 2018. But it doesn’t match -16 in 2009 or -19 in 2014. Yet, it is 68 colder than January 2019 high of 55 on Jan. 8.
The Bluffton University track and field team made the trek to Tiffin a day early this week, as the meet was moved up to Friday, Jan. 18, to beat out Winter Storm Harper's arrival and the Beavers responded with great performances.
Highlighting the day for Bluffton was the distance medley relay team of Jennifer Matteson (Guysville/Alexander), Tami Groff (Versailles), Bailie Barrington (Waynesfield/Waynesfield-Goshen) and Alexis Cash (Gaines, Mich./Lake Fenton) who took home a victory after 4000 meters of racing, running a time of 13:28.69, seven seconds in front of Ohio Northern.
