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January registered temperature extremes

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2010 - 4:04pm

January registered an extreme in temperatures, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. The high temperature for the month was 50 degrees on Jan. 24. The low was minus 2 on Jan. 3.

January 2010's average daily temperature was 22.9 degrees. The normal average daily January temperature is 23.6 degrees.

Snowfall reached 9.9 inches in January. The average January precipitation is 2.04 inches.

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Regional news
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January Bluffton police docket

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2010 - 3:56pm

Bluffton Police Department
Public Docket January 2010

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Police/Fire/EMS
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NCAA 2010 Inspiration Award to university baseball team

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2010 - 3:44pm
Photo credit: Stephen Nowland/NCAA Photos

On Friday, Jan. 15, Bluffton University head baseball coach, James Grandey, and student-athlete Cody McPherson, accepted the 2010 Inspiration Award, on behalf of the 2007 baseball team, from Bluffton University president, Dr. James M. Harder at the National Collegiate Athletic Association's 2010 Honors Celebration in Atlanta, Ga.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton scouts test their skills in 50th Klondike Derby

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2010 - 3:36pm
Photo left to right: Jacob Barnett, Roger Zeits, Austen Herron, Jeremiah Garmatter, Tecumseh Kibele (Patrol Leader,) Jared Metzger, Tyler King, Carrick Lancaster and Misha Groman (Assistant Patrol Leader.) Hidden from view: Clay Burkholder.

Provided by Darrell E. Groman, Assistant Scoutmaster
Ten scouts from Bluffton Boy Scout Troop 256 participated at the 50th annual Klondike Derby of the Black Swamp Area Council. This event was held on Saturday, Jan. 23 at B.S.A. Camp Lakota, near Defiance.

Based on the Alaskan gold rush of 1896, the Scouts pulled their six-foot wooden sled packed with their day supplies for the seven-hour race on 3-4 inches of snow.

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People
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M. Lucille Shank 1920-2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2010 - 3:28pm

M. Lucille Shank, 89 of Rawson, died 11 p.m. Feb, 1, 2010 at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora.

She was born February 26, 1920 in Hancock County to Ellis C. and Ada Mae Bowersox Roether. On April 13, 1941 she married Wade A. Shank and he preceded her in death on April 3, 2001.

Mrs. Shank was a homemaker. She was a graduate of Mt. Cory High School where she was class valedictorian.

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Obituaries
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Bluffton High School honor roll

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2010 - 3:19pm

Bluffton High School second quarter honor roll

9th Grade - all A:
Julie Althaus, Aaron Basinger, Jessica Brockert, Nathan Bunch, Anna Crisp, Nathaniel Diller, Kyle Huber, Jonathan Nisly, Justin Paul, McKenna Reneker, Rachel Sehlhorst, Emily Sprague

10th Grade - all A:
Jenna Buroker, Hannah Chappell-Dick, Ashlin Gable, Zachary Harlow, Lucas Harnish, Michael Liska, Abbey Rieman, Lindsey Sneary, Halle Steingass, Jane Sycks, Kallen Terry, Chase Wilson, Ava Yoakam

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