Regional news

Bluffton's January Relay for Life meetings are Thursday, Jan. 5, in the Bluffton town hall, according to Adam Blevins.

The Relay committee will meet at 6 p.m., and all teams are encouraged to attend our team meeting / rally at 7 p.m.

"If you haven't signed your team up yet, we'll have access to sign your team up online," said Blevins.

Jazzercise classes are starting, Monday, Jan. 9, in Bluffton, according to J'aime Stratton, instructor.

Class times are Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. in the basement of English Lutheran Church, 111 Grove St.

Contact J'aime Stratton at 419-371-8422, [email protected], or facebook.com/blufftonjazzercise, or visit jazzercise.com for more information.

BFR is the place to start for winter exercise.

Adult Fitness class options include aerobics, water exercise, Zumba
dance fitness, YogaFit, senior fitness options and Total Body
Conditioning, according to Carole Enneking, BFR director.

"Try out any BFR class for one time without any fees. Class
fees for non-members are $5 and $3 for BFR members. Purchase an AnyClass Card for additional savings. BFR does not require pre-registration for fitness classes; participants are encouraged to attend a variety of classes," she said.

Here's the seven-day report for December from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date High Low Rain Snow

Dec. 25 46 31
Dec. 26 44 32
Dec. 27 36 31 0.42 0.8
Dec. 28 35 25
Dec. 29 46 27
Dec. 30 49 37 0.11
Dec. 31 42 37

In 2011 The Bluffton Icon continued to rack up an impressive growth of total views and individual viewers, according to its owners Fred and Mary P. Steiner. During 2012 the Icon's total views will reach one-half million. As of Dec. 31, The Icon has had 443,197 total views since it was launched in September 2009.

In 2011 lots of us complained about the weather, but nobody did anything about it. During the 12 months just past we experienced enough weather extremes to, well, read about it.

For example, in 2011 we experienced 34 inches of snowfall in just the first 60 days of the year. We also watched the thermometer stretch 108 degrees, from a low of minus 10 to a high of 98.

But in the end the average maximum temperature and the average minimum temperatures were pretty close to the previous five-year averages.

Pages