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Flyer attached shows all special offers available to shoppers

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Bluffton downtown merchants invite early holiday shoppers to downtown on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5 for Bluffton’s downtown Christmas open house.

Ten Main Street businesses participate in the open house, coordinated by Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs in cooperation with the downtown merchants.

Earlier this week, 3650 green holiday open house flyers were mailed to all postal patrons in Bluffton and Pandora.

A PRINTER-FRIENDLY COPY OF THE MAILER IS AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Running unopposed for Allen County Engineer

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Bluffton resident Brion Rhodes will be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot as he seeks election as Allen County engineer.

Rhodes was appointed to the position is in August of 2015. This is the first time he has been on the ballot for the position. He is running as a Republican and is unopposed.

He is a Bluffton High School and Ohio Northern University graduate. In addition, he is a registered professional engineer and registered professional surveyor.

Open to the public

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Bluffton Hospital invites community members to experience a demonstration of the da Vinci Surgical Robot and learn about the new Women’s Center of Bluffton Hospital on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Bluffton Middle School Cafetorium.
 
The event will begin with an introduction and overview of the Women’s Center of Bluffton Hospital presented by Chief Administrative Officer Chris Keller.

Mansfield team spots BHS 2-0 in regional sem-final

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Bluffton High School boys' soccer tournament ride ended Wednesday night in Tiffin.

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FROM ADA ICON - Kaylee Barfell, who grew up in Bluffton, displays LuLaRoe clothing she had for sale Saturday in Ada.

Some of the profits from the sale went to Ohio Northern's Polar Paws organization.

Nine ONU students are training service dogs on campus this semester. Kaylee, who now lives in Findlay, is an independent fashion consultant for LuLaRoe, which offers adult and children clothing. Their leggings are especially popular.

Would you believe 6.1 degrees warmer?

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Yes, October 2016 was warmer than expected.

According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, reports that the October average daily temperature was 58.5 degrees.

Compare that to 52.5 degrees as the normal average October daily temperature.

October’s precipitation at 2.23 inches was very close to October’s normal average precipitation of 2.68 inches.

October’s high temperature was 84 degrees on Oct. 6. The low was 33 degrees on Oct. 25.

The attachment at the bottom shows October’s entire weather report.

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