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The Bluffton Exempted Village School District is currently accepting applications from students interested in attending the school district through open enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year.

Students from any school district in Ohio may apply and enroll in Bluffton Schools tuition free.  Students are admitted on a full-time basis only.

Applications are approved annually on a first come, first served basis and approval is subject to grade level enrollment and educational programs.

Tuesday evenings from Jan. 16 to Feb. 13

Apollo Career Center Adult Education will offer a one night a week self- defense class for women this winter. The class will be held every Tuesday night from 6-9 p.m., beginning  Tuesday, Jan. 16,  and ending Feb. 13,  and will be instructed of Sean Neidemire, detective, Lima Police Department

And, asks those with flu symptons to refrain from visiting others at St. Rita's Medical Center

Mercy Health-Bluffton Family Practice offers some advice if you think you have the flu and need care: Bluffton Family Medicine offers walk-in care from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday-Friday and is a perfect place to get the care you need, quickly and affordably. It also offers a "Evisit" available from your home through the Mercy Health MyChart app.

Minus 12 reading on Jan. 3 is a chilly fact

Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, provides the cold, hard facts about exactly how cold it was last week.

From Jan. 1 to Jan. 6, the “highest” daily low temperature was 1 degree on Jan. 4 and 7. The warmest reading during that period was 16 degrees on both Jan. 3 and 4.

Here are the daily maximum and minimum temperatures from Jan. 1 to Jan. 8.

RSVP now for January chamber breakfast

Beth Bish of Bluffton Pediatrics is the Friday speaker at the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce's Januarty breakfast. RSVPs are accepted at [email protected]

Breakfast buffet, 7 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.
Program, 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
3rd floor, Bluffton town hall

Bish, CNP, primary care provider and co-owner of Bluffton Pediatrics, will talk focusing on "The Preschool years," as it relates to her health practice.

You will find this plate on a dark Nissan Altima SL in the parking lot of The Inn at ONU in Ada. Obviously an ONU and OSU sports fan.

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