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.
It's only July, but the Bluffton Blaze of Lights committee is already hard at work. Here's some advance news about this year's Blaze.
o This year's Blaze theme is "A Victorian Christmas."
o Event is Saturday, Nov. 24. That's the date of the Ohio State vs. Michigan football game, played in Columbus. This year's game was moved to noon to accommodate the Blaze. (just kidding)
o The parade will form on Snider Road beginning at 4 p.m.
o The parade will start at 5 p.m.
Richland Manor collected 3,265 pounds of food of the Bluffton Food Pantry. That totals 14 large boxes of food. The boxes were delivered to the food pantry earlier this week by Dan Wolfe and Barry Schneck of Richland Manor.
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
Ready, get set, swim! That command starts Friday at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool.
This year, Bluffton hosts the Western Ohio Aquatic League meet championships. The event, will bring hundreds of fans and swimmers to Bluffton for the next two days.
"Warms-up is at 7 a.m. followed by festivities at 9 a.m. and swimming beginning around 10 a.m." said Liz Diller, one of the two Bluffton swim team coaches. "Normally we have a couple thousand fans here, so it adds up pretty quickly."
