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High temps stay in the 70s and 80s

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 6, 2010 - 12:58pm

Suddenly it's spring. Temperatures in the past five days proved that March went out like a lamb. Here are the high and low temperatures readings recorded by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer for the first days of April.

Date High Low Precipitation

April 1 79 56

April 2 82 58

April 3 74 45 trace

April 4 73 38

April 5 76 59 0.01

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RSVP for Friday's free chamber breakfast

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2010 - 7:26am

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host a "brainstorming" breakfast at 7:30 a.m., Friday, April 9, in the third floor of the town hall. The free breakfast, sponsored by Greg's Pharmacy, will allow chamber members to offer their views on what they believe the chamber should focus on during the next few years.

Persons interested in attending should RSVP to [email protected] by Wednesday noon.

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A Mercer County plate

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2010 - 7:18am

We spotted this plate in the Bluffton University parking lot. Assuming BM are initials, what's the meaning of 600?

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Four school levy information meetings in April

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2010 - 7:02am

The Committee for Better Schools announced four community levy informational meetings held on the following dates:

  • Tuesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 22; at 7 p.m.
  • and Tuesday, April 27 at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

All meetings will be held in the elementary library, except for the 9 a.m. meeting on April 27, which will be held in the high school library.

These meetings concern the renewal of a one-half percent income tax for permanent improvements, which will be on the ballot May 4.

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Hospital groundbreaking set April 8

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 2, 2010 - 8:21am

Bluffton Hospital will host a groundbreaking ceremony for its facility expansion on Thursday, April 8 at 1:30 p.m. The event will feature remarks by Bill Watkins, Bluffton Hospital's chief administrative officer, as well as others involved with the project. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call (419) 423-5551.

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A rare plate in northwestern Ohio

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 2, 2010 - 6:01am

This plate is a rarity in northwestern Ohio, where there are more BGSU and OSU plates. This one is on a van driven by Lindsay Steiner, a doctorate student at Kent.

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