Regional news

From left: Austen "Feared Bear" Herron, Jack "Big Foot" Burrell, Misha "River Trout" Groman and Christian "Red Hawk" Groman.

For the past eight months, the Bluffton Boy Scouts have been actively preparing for the Sesquicentennial Indian Village and Trading Post at the Buckeye.

Under the direction of Assistant Scoutmaster and American Indian historian Gary "Book Reader" Wetherill, 20 scouts have been making authentic costumes, typical of the Indian tribes of this area of the late 1700's to early / mid-1800s.

Bluffton knows how to throw a party. From June 24 to July 2 it will be one very large party. The party starts with Bluffton's Amerifest 2011 on the Bluffton University football field.

Here's the schedule:

Relay for Life of Bluffton - Bluffton University

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AEP provides the following weather-related information for the Icon viewing area:

More Scattered Strong Thunderstorms
This Afternoon/Evening for AEP Ohio

More strong to severe thunderstorms for AEP East utilities today. A warm, humid air mass continues over the region. A cold front and strong upper level system will initiate thunderstorm development thisafternoon across the entire region.

Here's a long-standing Bluffton plate. It belongs to an amateur radio operator.

The public has a rare chance to visit the beautifully restored Breidenbaugh Schoolhouse on, Sunday, June 26 from 4-6 p.m. The open house will be at schoolhouse on the corner of Road 6 and Road M6, near Pandora.

A Girl Scout Troop from Bluffton has been meeting throughout June to learn pioneer survival skills, and they will be sharing the songs, games and activities they have learned with other children or adults who stop by.

Don't look now, but it's getting warmer and raining less. Here's the past seven-day weather summary from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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