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Temperatures ranged from a high of 52 to a low of 18 within a three-day span from Dec. 7 to 9, according to Guy Verhoff, U.S. weather observer in Pandora. Here are the highs and low readings in the seven day perios of Dec. 2-9.

The next aluminum can drop off will be Thursday, Dec. 12 from 7:30-8 a.m. at the Jackson Street entrance of Bluffton High School. 

Future drop off dates are Jan. 9, March 12, and day in May, which has yet to be decided. 

The Icon found WES 15 M on a silver Chevy LT in a Bluffton University student parking lot. It's an Indiana plate.

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.

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