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Plus updates on fall chamber events

 Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce's October breakfast meeting on Friday features a program by Leslie Barnes of A to Z Meats and Ashley Klingler of The Centre at Bluffton in a panel discussion, according to Paula Scott, chamber CEO.

"Food truck quality and reach is growing," said Scott. "Our panel members will discuss bringing food truck services to Bluffton and what they see in the future from this business model."

Between Thursday and Sunday it was 1.7 inches

How much rain did we get?

According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, between Thurday, Oct. 4, and Sunday, Oct. 7, the area received 1.7 inches of rain between Thursday and Sunday.

Here's the daily breakdown:
Oct. 4 - 0.01 inch
Oct. 5 - 0.50 inch
Oct. 6 - 1.11 inch
Oct. 7 - 0.08 inch

Senior Citizen Center full of activities this month

Bluffton Senior Citizen Center, 132 N. Main St., has a full calendar of events for October, according to Tonya Meyer, director.

THE COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS IS IN THE OCTOBER NEWSLETTER – ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

AARP hosts a voter issue forum from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 17. The program includes a non-partisan discussion of issues on the mid-term election. It is open to the public.

It's one more piece of a vision to encircle the village with a pathway

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Bluffton’s Lions Way Bentley Road Pathway had it christening on Tuesday. The celebration recognized the .9 mile extension of the pathway project, now it its ninth year.

The event recognizes the pathway extension from Augsburger-Elm south along Bentley Road to the bridge near Kibler Street.

Prior to the Bentley pathway's existence, this heavily foot-trafficked road had no sidewalk or designation for non-vehicular traffic.

One of 16 Ohio schools; one of 349 nationwide to receive this award

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Bluffton elementary school is one of only 16 schools in Ohio to receive a National Blue Ribbon Award, presented by the U.S. Department of Education, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.

Only 349 schools (300 public, 49 private) nationwide received the award out of 130,000 schools in the United States.

The award is for Exemplary High Performing achievement on assessments.

Notice about hydrant flushing from Village of Bluffton.

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