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Having a difficult time figuring out what to gift to give some of the people on your Christmas list?

Here’s a solution: Give a Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce gift certificate. The certificates are available in any denomination from tellers at Citizens National Bank.

There is no cost to purchase a chamber certificate. You simply write a check for the amount you want to purchase.

There are several advantages to Bluffton chamber gift certificates:

 

Bluffton residents are invited to enter this year’s Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce residential Christmas lighting contest.

Here’s how it works:

The contest is open to any residence within the Village of Bluffton corporation limits.  The corporation expanded this year, so, for example,  residents on Dixie Highway south to and Southgate Lanes are now eligible to enter the contest.

An American Red Cross blood drive is scheduled in Bluffton, Thursday, Dec. 6, from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. at First Mennonite Church, located at  101 S. Jackson St.

While walk-in donors are welcome, donors are encouraged to make appointments. To make an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or go online at www.redcrossblood.org.

Over 200 holiday maps showing where to view Bluffton holiday lights were distributed over the weekend around Bluffton.

The free maps, provided by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, are avialable at:
• Greg's Pharmacy
• Bluffton Marathon
• The Ream display red mail box on the Presbyterian Church lawn
• Service stations on State Route 103

The map is also avialable in a printer-friendly format on the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce website.

Here's Marcia J. It's an Allen County plate. Any ideas on the idenity of Marcia?

Joseph Helfrick will provide the program for the Bluffton Lions Club holiday party. The event is at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Maple Crest.

Several other items of interest are available on the Bluffton Lions Club newsletter, which is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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