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Newsletter lists activities for rural Pandora farm

The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve and Conservation Farm, rural Pandora, has several spring and summer activities planned. These range from bird watching, guided walks and additional nature-related activities. The spring family day will be Saturday, June 15, and includes visiting animals at the farm sanctuary and spotting butterflies and frogs.

The Quarry Farm is located at 14321 Road 7L, Pandora. The newsletter with more information and events is attached.

It’s maple syrup weather as temperatures dip below freezing at night and rise above freezing in the daylight hours. Those conditions occurred during the past four days.

Here’s the highs and lows from March 5 to 11 from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

News from members

New members
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes its newest members: Cindy Lugibihl, a Rodan + Fields representative, and Good Samaritan Society of Arlington.

Arts & Crafts Festival
Register now for booth space at the May 11 Arts & Crafts Festival. Just $20 for chamber members. $40 early bird for arts & crafts vendors; $60 from April 22-May 3.

Bid opening Friday; special council meeting to accept bids Monday

Two events this week and next will get the million-dollar Jefferson Street improvement project moving. Once it is underway traffic patterns in the village will change as the street will be closed for construction.

• A bid opening at 10 a.m., Friday, March 15, takes place in the town hall. Jesse Blackburn told Bluffton council he is encourage that 10 prospective bidders have requested bid sheets for the project.

• A special council meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, March 18, is set for the purpose of accepting bids on the project.

Several Bluffton council committee meetings are set this month. Those follow:

The Icon spotted R FARM last week in Ada during the farm conservation conference. It's on a red Chevy truck.

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