Suddenly it's fall. Temperatures over the past seven days have dropped, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. Here are the highs, lows and precipitation report for the past seven days. Rain on Sept. 27 was one-half inch.
Ryan and Kristen Niekamp, Bluffton, announce the birth of a son, Kaden Michael Niekamp, at 9:26 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2010, at Bluffton Hospital. He weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20-1/2 inches long.
Grandparents are Kim McCullough, Bluffton, Randy McCullough, Fremont, and Rick and Janice Niekamp, Coldwater. Great-grandparents are Stan and Ruth Naylor, Bluffton, and Audrey Niekamp, Chickasaw.
This one's too good to be true. It's not really an official Florida plate. It's a mass-produced plate that resembles the real thing. Someone with a crazy idea, made some pretty good cash. The Icon spotted this bird at the Schumacher homestead.
Bluffton council voted 5-1 (Dick McGarrity voting no) giving the mayor authority to sign a petition in the village's behalf to support a land annexation involving the North Dixie Highway area, south of the corporation limits. This action took place at the Sept. 27 council meeting.
The village owns land in the area being petitioned for annexation into the village and is therefore allowed one vote in the matter. Should 51 percent of the property owners sign such a petition and bring it before council, and then council would act on the petition.
Bluffton Hospital will hold a "topping out ceremony" for residents, community members and associates Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. in the new Bluffton Hospital concrete parking lot (corner of Kibler and Harmon Roads).
The ceremony will celebrate the completion of the first phase of construction on the Bluffton Hospital expansion project. It will also mark the placement of the last structural beam.
Superior Energy Solutions of Ottawa and Bluffton has two of its systems on the Ohio Solar Tour Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 2 and 3, according to Dan Klear of Superior Energy Solutions.
The firm is a Bluffton Center for Entrepreneur affiliate and also is a member of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
