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December newsletter attached to this story

December is full of activities at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. For a complete listing of events open the newsletter attached at the bottom of this story.

Among December events include:

He is the enenvironmental specialist for the Ohio EPA Northwest District Office

Jeremy Scoles of Bluffton and environmental specialist for the Ohio EPA Northwest District Office, is the featured speaker at Friday’s Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce December breakfast.

The breakfast sponsor is Superior Energy Solutions, owned by Dan Klear.

with 2019 Performance Leadership Award in Quality and Patient Perspective

“Bluffton Hospital is honored and humbled to accept this award for the fifth time,” said Nicole Keuneke, director of operations at Bluffton Hospital.

Bluffton Hospital, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, has been recognized by The Chartis Center of Rural Health and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) for overall excellence in Quality and Patient Perspective.

Work starts Monday and continues through the week

The Village of Bluffton is contracting J&D Snyder to replace 440 feet of sewer line on County Line Road, according to Bryan Lloyd, assistant village administrator.

"This work will take place mostly in the tree lawn on the west side of the road starting at East Elm Street and heading south," he said.

J&D Snyder is planning on beginning the work Monday, Dec. 9. The work should take approximately one week to complete. During this time some lane restrictions and delays are to be expected on County Line as well as East Elm Street.

 

The weather of November 2019 carried several wide swings of highs and lows, according to Guy Verhoff, U.S. weather observer in Pandora.

Here’s some of the highlights:
Average November temperature: 35.9 degrees
Normal average November temperature: 41.5 degrees

Normal average November precipitation: 3.16 inches
November 2019 precipitation and snowfall: 5.2 inches snow, .78 inch precip.

Maximum November temperature: 57 degrees on Nov. 4
Minimum November temperature: 3 degrees on Nov. 13.

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