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FROM THE ADA ICON - Hardin County's winter weather advisory is no fluke as it demonstrates the conditions of the road in this weather-related traffic accident north of Ada.

This photo and those below, taken by Ken Collins of the Ada Icon, show scenes of an accident on State Route 235.

While rescue workers were on the scene earlier today, Ada-Liberty Township Fire blocked the northbound Route 235 at Hardin County Road 20, about two miles north of Ada.

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members are invited to a birthday party for a one-year-old on Friday, Jan. 8.

PART OF BLANCHARD VALLEY
MEDICAL PRACTICES

Robert Schutz, MD, has joined Bluffton Women’s Care, 559 Harmon Road, Bluffton, part of Blanchard Valley Medical Practices.

Dr. Schutz provides obstetrics and gynecological care, and is accepting new and existing patients. He is joined at Bluffton Women’s Care by his longtime associates certified nurse midwives Tonya Fenzl and Shirley Cole.

Weather-wise, 2015 was a year to remember this way: temperatures rose to not-so-normal highs in November and December. And, few complaints were aired.
 
Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, offers 2015 weather stats to the Icon. A chart at the bottom of this story shows monthly averages. It also shows averages from 2006.
Here’s some of the 2015 highlights:
• 2015 average temperature: 50.9; the normal average temperature is 50.3
• 2015 high temperature: 91
• 2105 low temperature: -9

Here’s a year-end quiz to see just how much you know about Bluffton.
All of the questions in this quiz are based upon stories posted on the Bluffton Icon in 2015. There are 15 possible points.
 
Scoring
Answer 4 or less: Do you really live here?
Answer 5 or 6: Hey, you are a serious Icon reader
Answer 7 or 8: Wow! You are in the know, congrats
Answer 9: You can create next year’s year-end quiz – probably now
Answer 10 or more: You either looked at the answers, or you are a well-read Bluffton native
 

Meanwhile, in Ada.

Yesterday the Bluffton Icon posted 12 photos representing events taking place in Bluffton during 2015. That photo series is now being shared with Ada viewers on the Ada Icon.

Likewise, the Ada Icon is sharing 12 photos of Ada with Bluffton Icon viewers. Those photos are in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Happy new year from the Bluffton and Ada Icons.

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