In a sentence, 2017 weather was warmer and wetter than normal.
Those facts and figures come from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. A summery of 2017 and a 10-year record follows. Two charts attached at the bottom of the story provide additional information.
• 2017 was 2.3 degrees above the normal average.
• Precipitation was 5.07 inches above the normal average.
One of Bluffton's Great Blue Herons holds court with other fowl in Big Riley Creek just above the Spring Street bridge. Examine the next two photos. The first shows a longer view of today's creek scene. The next photo shows the Heron in nearly the same location in a July pose.
Bluffton 8th grade students recently participated in Meals til Monday's Miss a Meal Program, according to Dan Smith, 7th and 8th grade math teacher.
Meals til Monday is a local organization that provides meals on the weekend to school children whose primary source of good nutrition is school lunches.
Bluffton 8th graders were encouraged to pack their lunch and donate the money they would have spent to Meals til Monday.
Kathy Keller, Director of the Lima Small Business Development Center, Rhodes State College, has received the 2017 Ohio SBDC Peer Recognition Award for Collaboration.
This statewide award recognizes innovation, advocacy, collaboration, marketing, and mentoring.
The nomination was based on her involvement with the YEA! Program and the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurship’s Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition, among numerous other smaller projects.
Catherine M. Weyer, 86, died Jan. 2, 2018, at Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. Catherine was born Dec. 28, 1931, in St. Marys, Ohio to the late Burdette and Florence (Peters) Bowsher. On April 22, 1950, she married Robert Weyer who preceded her in death on Oct. 7, 2014.
Marlena Ballinger of The Dough Hook, Bluffton's Main Street deli announces a seven-package meat special as a perfect way to stock the family freezer this winter.
Included are packages ranging from an economy packet for $57 to a quarter of beef package for $539.
The items in each of the packages is listed in the attachment below or by clicking here.
