Ohio registered voters have received absentee balloting material from the Ohio Secretary of State’s office for the Tuesday, Nov. 6, general election.
To request an absentee ballot, simply complete the attached application and return it to your county board of elections as far in advance of the election as possible.
During the absentee voting period you may visit your county board of elections or designated early vote center to vote in person.
The Bluffton community’s 14th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 22, according to Daren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, who coordinates the festival.
All activities are free unless otherwise designated. Food and other items are available for purchase at multiple locations.
Two grave marking services for Revolutionary War veterans buried in the Bluffton and Pandora communities takes place on Saturday.
The two are Hezekiah Bloomfield Hubbell, buried in Hubbell Cemetery on Shifferly Road, rural Bluffton, and Israel Hubbard, Jr., buried in Malahan Cemetery, rural Pandora.
The Northwest Territory Chapter of the Ohio Society, Sons of the American Revolution, will conduct the services at the cemeteries, according to David Lupien of Bryan, the secretary of the chapter.
Although August 2018 was warmer than average, the temperature ranged 36 degrees from the low point to the high, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
August 2018 average temperature was 73.8 degrees
August normal average temperature is 71.1 degrees
August 2018 precipitation totaled 4.43 inches
August normal precipitation is 3.28 inches
August’s high temperature was 89 degrees on Aug. 6 and Aug. 28. The low was 53 degrees on Aug. 23, only 5 days about from one of the highs
