This report from AEP meterologists: A winter storm will bring snow to northwestern Ohio this afternoon through Wednesday, but major impacts now look unlikely. AEP meteorologists are now confident that the high-impact heavy snow and wind will not reach northwestern Ohio.
AEP says rain today will change to wet snow late tonight with 1 to 4 inches snow accumulations.
Winds will also become gusty Wednesday. Expect 4 to 7 inches of wet snow accumulations from South Bend and Fort Wayne through Muncie and Lima.
Phil Snider, a pastor, writer and teacher from Missouri, will visit Bluffton University for a March 12 forum on the rapidly changing nature of social media and its implications for building communities and making a difference in the world.
Snider will speak at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall on “Emerging from Facebook: Community, Justice and Religion in a Digital Age.” His presentation is free and open to the public.
Bluffton University art majors Amanda Huston of Mount Blanchard, Ohio, and Lauren Faris of Elida, Ohio, will display art they have created at Bluffton during their senior exhibition, from March 11-22 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery in Sauder Visual Arts Center.
The exhibit is free and open to the public, as is a reception for the artists from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1p.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, March 16, and Sunday, March 17.
February came and went and the days continue to get longer and longer in promise of spring. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, this February was above average in a couple ways but not by much.
The average temperature in February was 27.7 degrees (F), which is .5 degrees higher than our normal average. We had a high temperature of 52 degrees on Feb. 18 and our lowest temperature was 7 degrees, recorded on Feb. 7.
Kasey Kruse,16, of Columbus Grove, doesn't just get a haircut. You might say she recycles her hair. She recently donated 10 inches of her hair to Locks of Love. This was the fifth donation to the organization that she made.
She has been able to give this gift approximately every 1 1/2 to 2 years. Kasey is the daughter of Ken and Connie Kruse, owners of Town and Country Flowers, Bluffton, and attends Columbus Grove High School. She is pictured with her Aunt Linda Kruse of Linda's Styling and Tanning Salon, Columbus Grove.
