Several events are scheduled in August for Bluffton elementary students, teachers, staff and parents. Here's the schedule:
Aug. 6-17 - Summer academy
Aug. 24 - Meet the teacher 2 to 3 p.m.
Aug. 27 - First day of school
Aug. 27-29 - KRAL testing by appointment for kindergarteners
Aug. 30 - First day for kindergarten
Sept. 3 - Labor Day - no school
Like the headline states: "Everything"...yes, everything, middle school parents and students need to know about the start of the 2012-13 school year is on The Icon.
Things get pretty serious by Aug. 15-16. That's when class fees and due and schedules are released.
The attachment at the bottom of this story provides:
1 - Class supply lists
2 - Class fee and class schedule pickup dates
3 - Lunch price details
4 - Emergency medical forms
5 - School portrait info
Exactly how hot was July? We'll tell you.
According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer and weather reporter to The Icon, the average July temperature for the Bluffton-Pandora area is 72.8 degrees. This July the average daily temperature was 78.3 degrees.
The maximum temperature was 102 on July 6. The minimum was a cool 56 on July 21 - that's a 46 degree difference. The daily maximum temperature reading in July surpassed 90 13 days. It surpassed 100 on three days.
Who doesn't like a parade? The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce Blaze of Lights Committee invites Icon viewers, area businesseses, churches, service organizations, to consider entering this year's Blaze of Lights parade.
Over 200 parade invitations are going out this week to area organizations, according to Junior Weihrauch of Arlington, the Blaze parade chairperson. Last year's parade had nearly 85 entries. Weihrauch says that he hopes for a 100-unit parade this year.
This year's Blaze theme is "A Victorian Christmas."
Cara Lynn Hahn and Andrew Philip Bixel were united in marriage at 11:30 a.m., June 2, 2012 at Dimnent Chapel on the campus of Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Rev. Ron Aulbach officiated at the wedding.
Parents of the bride are Mark and Kay Hahn of Rockford, Michigan. Parents of the groom are Richard and Gera Bixel of Pandora, Ohio.
Maid of honor was Amy Weber, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Lizzy Haworth-Hoeppner, Sydney Morris, and Liz Haynes, all friends of the bride.
One of the toughest challenges a cancer patient may face is getting to and from treatment. Patients may be too sick to drive themselves, may not have a car or someone to drive them, or simply cannot afford gasoline. The American Cancer Society is working to bridge this barrier.
Road to Recovery is a new program to Hancock County and the surrounding area. Through this project, volunteers are trained to provide patients with free rides to treatment centers.
