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After seemingly endless days of rain, suddenly there's no rain in sight. Here's the seven-day weather report from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date        High           Low      Prec.

July 9          86           72         0.13
July 10        87           66         0.83
July 11        78           63         
July 12        79           57
July 13        85           60
July 14        87           67
July 15        90           72

You'll meet famous authors - Elizabeth Strout, Rebecca Skloot and Suzanne Joinson, for example, when you join the Bluflfton Public Library's monthly adult book discussions.

Discussions are held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the s econd floor board room each first Wednesday of the month.

The SHANNON Service Club thanks all sponsors of flags on Main Street this summer. The complete list of donors is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

The Creating Healthy Communities project of the Allen County Health Department is looking for smoke-free housing units in Allen County. 

If your housing unit has a smoke-free policy in place, please let the health department know. Contact Shelly Miller at 419-228-4457, ext. 151 or email [email protected]

"We want to list you on our website and Facebook page as a smoke-free housing option."

Depending upon which field you were standing in, the rain on your property was either more or less than that recorded by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Here's his high and low temperature report and total precipitation reading for the past seven day. We received 2.31 inches of rain. How about you?

Bluffton will be swimming knee-deep in visitors on Friday and Saturday – 2,000+ visitors!

The Bluffton Community Swimming Pool is host to the league meet of the Western Ohio Aquatic League (WOAL). Bluffton officials putting on the meet anticipate between 500 and 600 swimmers (between the ages of 4 and 18). Add parents and fans and there will be 2000-plus visitors in town.

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