Regional news

This news announcement is from AEP-Ohio.

A major severe weather outbreak - including a squall line tonight - is expected for AEP's East Utilities. The threat area has been expanded to include all of AEP's East Utilities.  Several disturbances traversing the top of a hot upper-level ridge will trigger the severe
weather.

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RSVP to [email protected] if you wish to attend both or either of these free events.

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce offers a free breakfast followed by a Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs-Chamber sponsored free business workshop on Friday, June 14, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.

Bluffton High School's class of 2013 valedictorians were featured in a graphic in an NBC TV Nightly News story tonight (Sunday, June 9).

The story including BHS valedictorians focused on high school graduation and the fact that some schools have more than one valedictorian. 

Bluffton's 2013 valedictorians are:
• Julie Althaus
• Aaron Basinger
• Jessica Brockert
• Anna Crisp
• Karli Leugers
• Jonathan Nisly
• Justin Paul
• Rachel Sehlhorst
• Emily Sprague

The Blanchard Valley Health Foundation has awarded six area students nursing scholarships for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Gabrielle Evans has received the $500 Phyllis Zimber Endowed Scholarship, which was offered to any graduating high school student or adult pursuing a degree in nursing with a special interest in obstetrics. Evans is a student at Case Western Reserve University and is completing a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.

Noticed QR codes popping up around town? The Bluffton Public Library is holding a QR Code Downtown Treasure Hunt in several stores in Bluffton.

To participate, you need a mobile device that can run a free QR Code Reader app. Scan the codes at each location to reveal the secret words required to fill in the contest entry form. The treasure to be awarded will be revealed in one of the codes along the way. No WiFi or cell phone signal is needed.

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