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In addition to Mustard Seed’s regular menu on Friday and Saturday nights, the following features will be available this weekend:

Monkfish with Mussels & Pancetta in heavy cream and tomatoes



Pan-Seared Scallops in Sesame Sauce over cellophane noodles with pineapple, green onion and roasted peanuts



Light Plate - Zucchini Cakes with roasted red peppers, lemon cream and quinoa



Dessert - Lemon Rice Pudding with caramel and pistachios


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August was right on target temperature-wise, but rainfall was less than normal, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
 
During August the average daily temperature was 71.6 degrees (the normal average is 71.1 degrees).
 
The high temperature was 90 on Aug. 26 and the low was 46 on Aug. 15.
 
August precipitation registered 1.39 inches, while the normal precipitation for the month is 3.28 degrees.

An attachment at the bottom of this story shows the daily weather summaries for August.

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Take a long view down Main Street. Here's s 200 mm lens view enlarged to the limit. The photo wask taken at Main and High Street looking north. Now for a real shock, click here to return to January.

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Bluffton seniors are invited to monthly breakfast at the Bluffton middle school again this school year, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent.

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On Sunday, Sept. 7, you may see a bunch of bright yellow T-shirts all over town. Those shirts will be worn by members of English Lutheran Church as members participate in the second annual "God's Work, Our Hands - Day of Service" event.  

Rev. Kevin Mohr, pastor, said, "Following a brief worship service that morning at 9 a.m., members of English Lutheran will join with congregations throughout our denomination (the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) in doing service projects for the community, for neighbors, and for the church."

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We know...it's still warm out and trees are green. Tops are down on covertibles, shorts are the normal uniform of the day.

Here's a refresher course on Ohio winters, in case you've forgotten. In a strange sense, this Main Street January 2014 photo has some beatiful qualities: blue haze of a sunset, Christmas ornaments on light poles and Jack Frost. If we could only remove the temperature from the equation.

Below are comparision photos from August to December - same view.

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