AEP provided The Icon with the following weather update for July 19: A cold front will sink into northern Ohio this afternoon.
With a warm and humid air mass in place, the front will help focus
scattered strong thunderstorms. The thunderstorms will develop by early
afternoon in northern Ohio and move slowly southeast through the afternoon and evening.
AEP Ohio's Ohio Valley and Athens Districts are most likely to experience problems with winds gusting to 50 mph in the strongest storms.
Here's the seven-day report for July from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Date High Low Rain
July 10 85 63
July 11 87 59
July 12 92 62
July 13 88 66
July 14 88 65 0.55
July 15 90 73 0.01
July 16 94 67
To help support operations of the BFR facility, tickets are available now
for several raffle items, according to Carole Enneking, BFR director.
Drawing for each will be held at BFR on Friday, July 27 at noon. The largest prize is a package of four Toledo Mudhens tickets for the Sunday, Aug. 5, game. Each ticket costs $5. Lariche Chevrolet donated this package for the raffle.
In addition, for $1 per ticket or six tickets for $5, several local businesses have donated items.
Items include:
o a $20 gift certificate to Luke's Pizza,
Here's the seven-day report for July from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Date High Low Rain
July 3 94 73
July 4 100 73
July 5 98 75
July 6 101 71
July 7 102 78
July 8 87 69
July 9 88 61 0.10
The June 29 severe wind storm was not kind to neighoring Columbus Grove. In fact, Columbus Grove was hit much harder than Bluffton in the storm.
The most striking result of the storm was that the Christy's on the Square building, a popular chocolate shop, experienced a lost front face.
Christy's is temporarily closed. The Icon is not aware of a decision on what will take place to the building on Grove's Main Street. The upper floor housed several apartments.
Vehicles parked in front of the business were demolished when the front face collapsed.
