Summer is here, bringing with it dangerous excessive heat. The American Red Cross has steps people can follow to stay safe as the temperatures soar.
“Excessive heat can be deadly; it has caused more deaths in recent years than all other weather events,” said Todd James, Executive Director of the American Red Cross of Hancock, Seneca and Wyandot Counties “We want everyone to stay safe during the hot weather and have some reminders for them to follow when the weather is hot and humid.”
Ticket reservations are now available for the August dinner theatre production at Ebenezer Mennonite Church.
From the authors of the hit series, "Uncle Phil’s Diner" comes a new interactive dinner theatre that brings on lots of laughs and colorful characters in Family Camp, Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 1 to 4 at the Crossroads Ministry Center of Bluffton’s Ebenezer Mennonite Church.
The Bluffton school board will act on approving $13,376,677 in appropriations for 2013-14 during its July 17 school board meeting.
The meeting was originally set for July 15, but was moved to Wednesday night. In addition to annual appropriations the board will act on several contracts, substitute teacher contracts and additional action require prior to the start of a new school year.
One student teacher assignment will be acted upon. Abbie Richer, Bluffton University student, will student teach with Terri Steinmetz Sept. 16 to Dec. 11.
It's summer, but Bluffton elementary strings are in session. Rachael Lewis, strings teacher, offers free classes during the summer to keep musicians in tune. Her she plays with three elementary violin players, from left, Levi McClain, Tyler Arheit and Grant Klingler. Watch the video.
After seemingly endless days of rain, suddenly there's no rain in sight. Here's the seven-day weather report from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Date High Low Prec.
July 9 86 72 0.13
July 10 87 66 0.83
July 11 78 63
July 12 79 57
July 13 85 60
July 14 87 67
July 15 90 72
A fall sports meeting for Bluffton High School athletes and their parents will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 24, in the BHS gym. The announcement was made by Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director.
