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Imagine a 250-mile garage sale. It's the world's largest - or longest, or both - and it's in Bluffton's backyard this weekend. It's the fifth annual Lincoln Highway garage sale. Bluffton is just about mid-way on the sale map.

Check out The Icon's classified ads. We have countless garage sales listed between Cairo and Beaverdam, one listed on Main Street Beaverdam, five listed on Sugar Creek Road, just off the Lincoln Highway.

The Bluffton Athletic Boosters have several August events planned prior to the beginning of the 2011-12 school year.

Any Bluffton student who will be entering the 7th grade this fall is required to have a Tdap booster vaccination (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) prior to the start of the 2011-12 school year.

The TDAP shot is a booster to the shot students receive before entering Kindergarten.

Verification of the Tdap booster shot must be dropped off, mailed, or faxed (419) 358-4871 to the Bluffton Middle School office prior to Aug. 29.

Contact the Allen County Health Department (419) 228-4457 to set up an appointment or your family physician.

Here's a Miami County plate The Icon spotted on the Bluffton University campus. Any ideas to it's meaning?

Exactly how hot was July? It was 6.7 degrees hotter than normal for July in Bluffton and Pandora, says Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

The average July 2011 daily temperature was 79.5 degrees. The normal July daily temperature is 72.8 degrees.

In addition to the heat, July was drier than normal. The July 2011 precipation was 2.35 inches. The normal July precipitation is 3.85 inches.

Bluffton's next American Red Cross blood drive is Thursday, Aug. 4, from noon until 6 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the Large Room, located at 160 N. Spring St. in Bluffton.

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