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If you've entered and won, let us know

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The Icon invites viewers who have entered Ohio State Fair competition to notify the Icon about your awards.

Please send information to: [email protected].

We will accept a photo if you have one, plus listing of the catetories you've entered and your award.

 

The month's low and high had a 37 degree range

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July’s weather extremes were just that, with the exception of no flooding.

Consider that for mid-summer, the range of low to high temperatures ranged 37 degrees. July’s low temperature was 54 degrees on July 7 and July 28. The high was 91 degrees on three dates, July 1, July 4 and July 15.

Meanwhile, the average July 2018 temperature was 73.2 degrees – exactly the normal average July temperature.

It's Bluffton's great blue heron

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CHECK OUT OUR PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY -

You’ve seen it many times.

Often as you head to the Buckeye, just to the west of the Spring Street bridge. Or, you spotted it in the village park pond.

If you’ve heard a sound like a very loud, rusty railroad freight car on an even more rusty and scratchy rail - then you’ve heard it.

It’s the great blue heron of Bluffton and we have several of the birds. The Icon has photographed these solitary birds year round.

Interview with Dennis Baker of North Central Ohio Waste Management District

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By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Part 3 of the Icon's recycling series
What does the future hold for recycling?

The Icon interviewed Dennis Baker, Executive Director of North Central Ohio Waste Management District to find out.

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This license plate belongs to a true golden retriever fan. It was spotted on a Chevy Traverse during a Boston Crusaders rehearsal at ONU stadium in June.

Those metallic green pests

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Japanese beetles are active in our area.  These beetles are easily recognized by their relatively large size, about a half inch in length, and showy colors.  The fore wings, also called hard-wing coverings, are bronze to coppery-brown in color.  The head and the middle part of the body are a metallic green. 

Japanese beetles are voracious leaf feeders.  They have been known to feed on 350 plant species.  Their favorite plants include rose, hollyhock, hibiscus, linden, maple, viburnum, grape, raspberry, apple, and cherry.

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