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Where do you vote? Local precinct maps below

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Bluffton and Richland Township voters’ will cast ballots on a wide range of local, state and national candidates and issues on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

The Icon provides the following information about voting.

For Allen County voters, early voting may take place in the Allen County Board of Elections office, lower level of Third Court of Appeals building, 204 N. Main St., Lima.
• Saturday, Nov. 5, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 6, from 1 to 5  p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 7, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m

Flyer attached shows all special offers available to shoppers

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Bluffton downtown merchants invite early holiday shoppers to downtown on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5 for Bluffton’s downtown Christmas open house.

Ten Main Street businesses participate in the open house, coordinated by Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs in cooperation with the downtown merchants.

Earlier this week, 3650 green holiday open house flyers were mailed to all postal patrons in Bluffton and Pandora.

A PRINTER-FRIENDLY COPY OF THE MAILER IS AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Open to the public

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Bluffton Hospital invites community members to experience a demonstration of the da Vinci Surgical Robot and learn about the new Women’s Center of Bluffton Hospital on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Bluffton Middle School Cafetorium.
 
The event will begin with an introduction and overview of the Women’s Center of Bluffton Hospital presented by Chief Administrative Officer Chris Keller.

Would you believe 6.1 degrees warmer?

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Yes, October 2016 was warmer than expected.

According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, reports that the October average daily temperature was 58.5 degrees.

Compare that to 52.5 degrees as the normal average October daily temperature.

October’s precipitation at 2.23 inches was very close to October’s normal average precipitation of 2.68 inches.

October’s high temperature was 84 degrees on Oct. 6. The low was 33 degrees on Oct. 25.

The attachment at the bottom shows October’s entire weather report.

Program in school and visits to area retirement communities

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Bluffton American Legion Post 382 will observe Veterans Day in several ways next week, according to Dennis Morrison of the post.

The following programs are planned for Friday, Nov. 11.

Larry Core, Thom and Cheryl Craig will show fourth graders at Bluffton elementary how to properly fold the American flag during an 8 a.m. program.

Cheryl will tell what each fold of the flag represents. Then each student will be given a flag and taught how to fold it.

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You won't find this plate on the street. It's a combination of nine different license plates that spells "TOMMY TIRE."  It's on diplay in the Bluffton office. We see mostly Ohio plates and two states that we can't identify used in this artistic work.

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