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A Red Cross blood drive will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5 at First Mennonite Church, 101 S. Jackson St., Bluffton.

If you wish to schedule a blood donation, please call 1-800-Red Cross or go to redcrossblood.org, sponsor code “fmenncbl.” Walk-ins are welcome.

The Mission, Peace and Service Commission of First Mennonite helps to organize a Red Cross blood drive twice each year.

Pandora United Methodist Church will hold a free community meal from 5:30-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25 in the church fellowship hall. The meal this month is provided by Mission Committee of Pandora UMC. The menu will be chicken sandwich, baked beans, cole slaw, dessert and beverage.

The church is located at 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora.

Bluffton Public Library announces its February 2015 programs, opportunities, and services.  Programs are open to the public, but as noted below, some require registration.  To register during library hours, call 419-358-5016 or stop by the front desk. After hours, email [email protected] or leave a comment on Bluffton Public Library’s Facebook page. To register at www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org, click on the "Register Here" button, which will take you to an online form.

Who will it be?

The Bluffton Lions Club seeks nominees for the 2014 citizen of the year.

The award was established in 1981. It honors a person, couple or someone representing a group who has selflessly given time, effort and talent for the benefit of those in the Bluffton area and whose dedication and achievements have profoundly improved the quality of life of the people of the area.

The nominee may be living or deceased (within the last year). The winner will be honored at a banquet on Tuesday, April 21.

Makayla Smith, BHS cheerleader, keeps the crowd alive at a Bluffton High School boys' basketball game.

Bluffton High School senior, Maggie Fett, has created a four-minute video featuring the 2014 Bluffton Blaze of Lights. She created the video for a BHS class.

The video is now posted on the Icon. It will also be posted on the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce website www.explorebluffton.com.

Blaze of Lights Final Video

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