In a sentence, 2017 weather was warmer and wetter than normal.
Those facts and figures come from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. A summery of 2017 and a 10-year record follows. Two charts attached at the bottom of the story provide additional information.
• 2017 was 2.3 degrees above the normal average.
• Precipitation was 5.07 inches above the normal average.
Anyone with the notion that winter is simply dull white on brown needs to take a hike.
For a perfect winter hike try Bluffton's Motter Metro Park, part of the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District.
The Icon did just that on New Year’s Eve.
With an almost full moon rising, temperatures in the low teens, snow on the ground and animal tracks mixed with winter boot prints, here it what the Icon found in the early evening of Dec. 31, 2017.
Join Bluffton-Pandora's oldest tradition at 5 p.m. on New Year's Eve. New year's carolers will sing David Rothen's carols in German at Mennonite Memorial Home. This is a program of the Swiss Community Historical Society and the public is invited to participate.
By Fred Steiner
To best understand our community, it's helpful to appreciate the musical gene of those who carry a Bluffton or Pandora birthmark.
It’s a new year and the Bluffton Senior Center is ready with lots of programming.
Here’s what’s on January’s Center calendar. An attachment below lists all items at the Center next month.
January’s dinner meeting is at noon, Monday, Jan. 8. The program includes photos of the Grand Canyon and Red Rocks trip by the Center earlier this year.
Louise Hampton is the volunteer of the year. The centerboard has chosen Louise, who served at the center’s librarian for over five years.
