Santa kindly offered Karson's letter to the Icon. Karson said:
Dear Santa,
How was your summer? Ho Ho Ho! I've been very good this year. Here are some things I want for Christmas, an air hogs fly crane, a tablet and a new webkins guinea pig.
Drive Time Driving Instruction will begin its next Bluffton class on Jan. 6. Classes are held at Bluffton Entrepreneurial Center, 505 E. Jefferson Street.
Click on the link below to go directly to the Drive Time site and further information.
A special afternoon Christmas Eve service by the students of Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, called "Gifts from the Manger” will be held on Friday, Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. in the church.
The students from Pre-school through Eighth Grade will tell of the birth of Christ through Word and Christmas hymns. Pre-service music by the youth will begin at 12:30 p.m..
The Bluffton Blaze of Lights and the Gift of Giving light show is promoted in the November issue of Ohio Magazine by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. The chamber paid to have the listing placed in the events section of the magazine.
A photo of one of the art pieces and a brief description fo the display is part of the announcement.
Bluffton council will act on its 2013 appropriation on Dec. 17. The village anticipates general fund revenues of $2.3 million and general fund expenses of $1.5 million according to the information in the council packet.
A breakdown of appropriation categories is in the document below this story.
The Bluffton school board will act on legislation to place a one-half percent income tax renewal levy on the 2013 ballot at its Dec. 17 meeting.
The current three-year income tax levy expires Dec. 31, 2013. It generates $600,000 for the district. If placed on the ballot and passed by voters it would extend the tax beginning Jan. 1, 2014, and would continue for three years.
Voters first approved the one-half percent tax in 2010. Collection began Jan. 1, 2011.
What goes up must come down - eventually. Here's a welcome sign on Bluffton's Main Street. This photo shows the sign on the Bluffton Marathon at the corner of Main and College. The price of one gallon of gas dropped below $3 for the first time in, well, a long time. On Dec. 15 the price was slightly above $3, but it changed on Dec. 16.
Prices in Findlay, for example, were at least 15 cents higher than Bluffton yesterday, so The Icon believes this price is unique to Bluffton.
