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Bluffton teachers are preparing students for new assessments that will take place this spring, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.

The announcement was made in the winter school newsletter distributed to residents of the school district late last week.

A COPY OF THE NEWSLETTER IS IN AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

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The Bluffton Scrap Artists recently applied for and were selected to receive a $500 grant from Ohio Quilts.

The grant will help cover the costs associated with making soldier quilts for wounded men and women in the U.S. armed forces. There will be an open sew day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Patio Room at Maple Crest Senior Living Center.

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Bluffton Community Hospital announced the following births during December and January.

December 8 -- Chandler Joel, son of Chad and Hailey Nye, Findlay

December 9 -- Brayden Allen, son of Brian and Lindsay Rutter, Elida

December 15 -- Autumn Noelle, daughter of Lydia and Christian Steiner

December 16

       -- Persephone Kay Weyer, daughter of Garrett and Tamara Weyer, Beaverdam

       -- Cristian Xavier, son of Maria and Guillermo Hernandez, Deshler

December 18 -- Addilynn Bernice, daughter of Kristi and Ben Montgomery 

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Raise your hand if you thought January 2015 was colder than most Januarys.

There's lot of hands raised out there and you are correct. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, the average January 2015 daily temperature was 21.6 degrees. The normal January daily temperature is 25.4 degrees.

Even though it was a colder-than-normal January the highs and lows included a 59 degree fluxuation. The high temperature of January was 51 on Jan. 3. The low was seven days later at minus 8. That mark was one of six January days that reached minus zero degrees.

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Even the ice melt on campus is purple. Must be a new branding campaign.

Here's the screen shot of a tweet the Icon received from Bluffton University Sports Medicine. It reads "Coach Yarnell - Bluffton University - even the ice melt is purple. Now that's the #PowerOfPurple! #GoodObservation 

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So far, so good. As winter in Bluffton goes.

Maybe that's about to change. The Bluffton snow plow crew is on alert for whatever may come our way this weekend.

Village administrator, Jamie Mehaffie updated The Icon on salt usage soo far this winter  saying that the town has not needed to order any road salt.

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