Regional news

It is time again for Allen County 4-H Enrollment.

Visit the OSU extension website for information including:

The Quarry Farm News for Winter 2023 has been released including details about  scheduled events such as the annual Hat Day Hike on Sunday, January 15.

Readers are also invited to send an email if interested in setting up a program. Contact facilitator Anne Coburn-Griffis for more information.

Read the newsletter HERE.

Excerpt from the Ohio Attorney General's December 2022 newsletter:

After receiving consumer complaints from multiple counties, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has taken two chains of dollar stores--Dollar General and Family Dollar--to court for allegedly advertising goods for one price and charging a higher price at the register. 

Construction is proceeding on the new Yammine Lodge at Camp Berry. With the placement of the last truss, the senior patrol leader of Scouts BSA Troop 304 James Hedrick and Scout Tyler Kogan were on hand to lash a pine sapling to the last truss for a topping out ceremony. A topping out ceremony is a construction tradition that has been occurring in some fashion for centuries as a celebration of a project milestone. Traditionally, this ceremony occurs when the final structural beam is raised into place, completing the building's frame.

Data by Guy Verhoff, Pandora NWS Weather Observer

How did weather in 2022 stack up against recent years? Guy Verhoff has the data to answer that question.

Would you have guessed that since 2006, the area has experienced a high temperature of 102 degrees F and a low of -19 degrees F ?

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“Brrrr, winter has arrived with a big chill. But we keep the Senior Center nice and warm. Come in and stay awhile. We will be closed January 2 for the holiday but open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.” That’s your invitation from Bluffton Senior Center director, Tonya Meyer, in the January 2023 installment of the Golden Age News.

The newsletter shows a busy month at the center, which is located at 132 N Main St., phone (419) 358-8971. Among activities, announcements and opportunities are:

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