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May was a wet one, but you already knew that. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, the normal average precipitation for May is 3.67 inches. May of 2011 recorded 7.42 inches of precipitation.

Otherwise, averages were near normal. The average May temperature was 61.9 degrees. The normal average is 60.2 degrees.

May's high temperature was 91 on May 31. The low was 37 on May 5. Of the 31 days in day rain was recorded on every day except for five.

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Russell Edward "Russ" Gratz, 86, died at 2:30 a.m., May 28, 2011, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility, Lima, Ohio.

He was born Oct. 3, 1924, in Allen County to Homer S. and Edna Badertscher Gratz. On Dec. 16, 1961, he married Violet Hardesty Gratz, who survives in Lima.

Mr. Gratz was a member of First Mennonite Church, Bluffton and was an employee of Ford Motor Co., Lima Engine Plant, from where he retired in 1988. He was also a teacher and varsity baseball coach and basketball coacher at Edgerton, Vaughnsville and Grand Rapids high schools.

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Mosquito spraying is planned soon for Bluffton.

Spraying will occur on May 31, June 2, June 7, and June 9, starting at dusk. Starting the week of June 13, spraying will be done on Wednesdays, weather permitting, according to village officials.

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Ant's favorite bloom

What's a peony without an ant? The Memorial Day flowers are now in full bloom in Bluffton - with ants.

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DTR Industries will sponsor a special Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast at 7:30 a.m., Friday, June 3. The breakfast meeting is in the third floor of the town hall and Richland Manor will provide the free breakfast.

DTR Industries will present its five-year history of a disease management and wellness program that it launched with its associates. The findings of that five-year study will be shared at the breakfast.

Garland action

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Summer official begins in Bluffton at 1 p.m. on Friday. That's when the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool opens.

Pool hours are 1 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. daily. The pool's telephone number is 419-358-6991.

Here are admission prices:

Daily adult admission $3
Single season pass (taxpayer) $80
Single season pass (non-taxpayer) $105
Family season pass (taxpayer) $130
Family season pass (non-taxpayer) $180
Single senior citizen pass $40
Couple senior citizen pass $75

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