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Thanks, Lions; County Road 313 looks a lot cleaner

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2012 - 10:03pm

From left: Bluffton Lions Joe Sehlhorst, Fred Rodabaugh, Doug Luginbill, Dan Diller, Lowell Hostetler, Ron Lora, Andy Armstrong, Daryl Shields, Morris Groman, Mark Alliman and Dick Ramseyer. Absent from photo are Bluffton Lions Gary Graham and Praveen Vohra.

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Twelve Bluffton Lions Club members picked up litter and other debris  between State Route 235 and County Road 15 along County Road 313 on Oct. 27, according to Dick Ramseyer of the club.

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Peanut brittle coming up! First batch on sale Nov. 6

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2012 - 9:55pm

The Bluffton Senior Center will start making this year's supply of peanut brittle on Monday, Nov. 5, according to Tonya Meyer, of the center.

"The candy will be ready to purchase on Tuesday, Nov. 6, and can be purchased during regular business hours that include Saturdays, now until Christmas. Peanut brittle is one of the Senior Center’s biggest fundraisers and one of the longest traditions at the Senior Center," she told The Icon.

The recipe is the same that was used in 1974 when volunteers at the Center produced their first batch.

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High 78, low 37 in past 7 days

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2012 - 9:53pm

Here's the seven-day report for October from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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Walkers welcome at Bluffton Schools

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 29, 2012 - 11:10am

 

The Bluffton Schools will once again welcome any citizen interested in walking the hallways during the winter months.  The Bluffton Elementary and Middle Schools may be used for walking from 6:15 – 7:15 a.m. and 6-7 p.m., beginning Nov. 1. 

Please enter at the main elementary door during these times. The buildings are open each day when school is in session.

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Here's AEP's projection on the area concerning Herricane Sandy

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 29, 2012 - 10:17am

Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the mid-Atlantic region and will make landfall this evening in New Jersey. Historic impacts are expected with damaging winds, flooding, life-threatening storm surges and widespread power outages. 

For AEP customers...the main impacts will be high winds for AEP Ohio and crippling amounts of heavy wet snow for the mountains of Kentucky Power & APCo.  At 5 am Monday...Sandy was located 285 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C.  Maximum sustained winds were 85 mph and she was moving north at 15 mph.

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Bluffton Lions November newsletter now on the Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 26, 2012 - 8:29pm

Bluffton Lions are active in several events in the next few weeks.

On Oct. 27 they will be involved in a roadside clean-up. On Nov. 6, Tom Mazzur will discuss the bike path of Allen County during a Lion lunch meeting. Peace Poster winners to present their winning posters at the meeting.

On Nov. 20  Melissa Weaver from Lodestar, will talk about training seeing-eye dogs for children, during the lunch meeting.

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