Wednesday, May 7, is “bike to school day,” for Bluffton Middle School students.
The program is part of Activate Allen County.
According to Josh Unterbrink, Active Living Team Leader, “We are encouraging all Bluffton Middle School students who ride bikes to school to stop at the front of the middle school before school starts for fruit, refreshments and to register fro great door prizes.”
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Tuesday, May 6, is Ohio primary election day. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Bluffton voters vote in the Bluffton elementary multi-purpose room.
The election has several partisan races. In addition, there is:
• one state issue,
• a mental health and recovery services board levy and
• a Bluffton tax levy renewal.
The long wait is over. On Saturday, May 3, the popular Bluffton Farmers' Market opens for its 11th season. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold an official ribbon cutting to launch this year's market prior to its morning opening.
The market will be open rain or shine, from 8:30 a.m. to noon each Saturday from May 3 until then end of October.
The market is in the Citizens National Bank parking lot. Persons interested in becoming vendors should contact Peter Previte at 567-674-9513.
Temperatures in April ranged from a high of 78 degrees on the 13th to a low of 21 degrees on the 16th.
The average April temperature was 50.3 degrees, a bit higher than the normal average of 49.7 degrees. This April was wetter than previous Aprils. This year we experienced 5.21 inches of precipitation and 2.1 inches of snow. The normal April precipitation is 3.48 inches.
Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, provides a daily weather summary for the month in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Blanchard Valley Health System’s Corporate Public Relations & Marketing Department has been named the winner of three 2014 Healthcare Advertising Awards in the 31st Annual Health Care Advertising Awards competition, sponsored by the Healthcare Marketing Report.
BVHS received a Bronze Award in the “Special Video” category for an internal safety awareness video. Merit Awards were also received in the “Employee Communication” category for employee benefits communication and in the “Total Integrated Marketing Campaign” category for the Extraordinary People advertising campaign.
Just a few spots remain for craft vendors for the Saturday, May 10, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce arts and crafts show. Information about the show and other chamber information is in the current chamber newsletter.
