Hey, baby, it's cold outside! Wish we could say that. The low temperature of the past seven days actually hit 65. Here's the seven-day weather summary from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

M.O.P.S. (Mothers of Preschoolers) will hold a free lunch with activities for children from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, July 29, at the Buckeye in Bluffton.The event is for any mothers of preschoolers, infants through kindergarten.
"We are trying to get the word out about M.O.P.S. and educate people to what we are all about and hopefully help more mothers of young children find a away to connect with others in the same stage of life," said Jami Rehm of the group.

Jerry's words of wisdom

Jerry Suter of Suter's Produce, Pandora, tells a joke to his summer employees prior to delivery of the morning picking of sweet corn to the Suter Produce stands. Click for video.

Bluffton University's 14th annual alumni and friends golf scramble on July 16 raised more than $8,000 for university athletics through TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) Bluffton.

Harrod's Colonial Golfers Club hosted the event, which drew 122 golfers from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Florida.

The winners of the scramble received monetary prizes. Richard Bindernagel '79 of Middlebury Heights, OH teamed with Dennis Thompson '78 (Elida, Ohio), James Frisk '78 (Wooster, Ohio) and Jeffrey Deyling '78 (Parma, Ohio) all took home first-place honors.

Michael Stephanie and their two daughters

15 minutes with Michael Kingsley

What year did you graduate from Bluffton High School?

I graduated in the year 2000. Our whole class thought it was special to graduate in 2000.

Growing up in a small town, was it difficult to adjust to living in a city?

Ned Althaus

Larry Ned Althaus, 72, of Bluffton died at 5:40 p.m. July 20, 2011 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. He was born Dec. 7, 1938 in Bluffton to Henry and Gertrude Diller Althaus. On Dec. 13, 1958 he married Patricia Drury and she survives.

The Bluffton Cattle Club and the Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Clubs are selling chicken barbecue tickets. The barbecue will be served at the Bluffton Middle School cafetorium from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, July 24.

Both eat-in or carry-out is available. Tickets are $7.50 each call 419-358-0195. The proceeds will help support the Junior Fair livestock auction.

M.O.P.S. (Mothers of Preschoolers) will hold a free lunch with activities for children from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, July 29, at the Buckeye in Bluffton.

The event is for any mothers of preschoolers, infants through kindergarten.

"We are trying to get the word out about M.O.P.S. and educate people to what we are all about and hopefully help more mothers of young children find a away to connect with others in the same stage of life," said Jami Rehm of the group.

Suter Produce license plate

There's a difference between "fresh" corn and corn picked the same morning. You can measure it by time zones.

I know. Jerry Suter told me. I watched his crew pick corn this morning. By now that corn, picked a couple hours ago, is being sold in those familiar red trailers in Bluffton, Pandora, Lima, Findlay, Kenton, Wapakoneta, and some other towns that I can't remember.

"Fresh picked" is a grocery term as Jerry sees its. It really means one, two, three or more days old. Not Suter corn. The corn you buy today is picked today.

The Bluffton Cattle Club and the Beaverdam Bunch 4-H clubs are selling chicken BBQ tickets. They will be served at the Bluffton Middle School Cafetorium from 11:00am to 1:00pm Sunday, July 24th. Both eat-in or carry-out is available. Tickets are $7.50 each call 419-358-0195... Thank you for supporting the 4-H kids. The proceeds will help support the Jr. Fair livestock auction.

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