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July weather resembles lopsided basketball scores

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 12, 2011 - 6:45am

Bluffton's weather is starting to resemble lopsided basketball scores. Highs in the 90s and lows in the 60s. Yesterday's rainfall in Pandora, according to Guy Verhoff, was recorded at 1.46 inches.

One Bluffton source reported 2.2 inches of rainfall in Bluffton.

Date High Low Precip.

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Bluffton Community Preschool accepting 2011-12 applications

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 11, 2011 - 12:21pm

Bluffton Community Preschool is accepting applications for the 2011-2012 school year. Please call Chassity Gallant at 419-302-8029 or e-mail the preschool at [email protected] for more information.

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Weather alert from AEP

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 11, 2011 - 8:39am

Here's the report on today's storm over Bluffton the from AEP:

At 11a.m. radar continued to indicate a squall line extending from Grand Rapids, Mich., to Warsaw, Ind., moving east at 55 mph. This
squall line has been producing widespread wind gusts of 55-65 mph with isolated gusts over 70 mph. AEP meteorologists expect this squall line to weaken only slightly and turn southeast into central Ohio this afternoon.

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You could win a car if you score a hole-in-one at the July 23 Bluffton Legion golf scramble

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 5, 2011 - 5:31pm

There's still time to register for the Saturday, July 23, second annual Bluffton American Legion golf scramble. The scramble, held at Bluffton Golf Club, has a 9 a.m. shotgun start.

This year the stakes increased as a 2008 Dodge Avenger SXT will be won by a golfer who records a hole-in-one at the event.

The cost to golf is $50 per person or $200 per team. The registration fee includes green fees, cart, door prizes and a steak dinner provided by Richland Manor.

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Swiss Community Historical Society reprints two important area history books

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 5, 2011 - 1:47pm

Two significant Bluffton history books are available as reprints this summer from the Swiss Community Historical Society, according to Phil Kingsley, society president.

The books, "Historical Events of the Mennonite Settlement in Allen and Putnam Counties, Ohio," by P.B. Amstutz (1925 - with maps added to this reprinting by Keith Sommer), and "Life in the Bluffton and Pandora, Ohio Community, 1877-1910: Excerpts from the Bluffton News," by Edgar Schumacher (1997), are the two books.

Books are available:

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July comes in like a heat wave

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 5, 2011 - 5:57am

July comes in like a heat wave. Here's the weather summary for the first four days of July from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date Max temp Min temp Prec
July 1 88 64
July 2 92 71 0.09
July 3 90 68
July 4 89 68

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