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Special services will be held at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera, to end 2018 and welcome 2019. 

On Monday, Dec. 31, a New Year’s Eve service will begin at 7 p.m. with Pastor Al Schmitzer delivering the message.  The New Year’s Day service on Tuesday, Jan. 1, led by Pastor Matt Nowak will begin at 9:30 a.m. 

It starts with a membership

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WINTER NEWSLETTER ATTACHED -
Bluffton Family Recreation offers a new year's resolution suggestion: Purchase a BFR membership for 2019. Here are membership fees.

BFR continues to offer a variety of group exercise classes, free for members. The winter program schedule is attached at the bottom of this story.

Go to www.bfronline.com to become a member.

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The Citizens National Bank time-temperature indicator reads 53 degrees on Friday morning, Dec. 28. Looks like December will exit like a lamb.

Final servings are today - Dec. 28

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Heather Cox has announced the closing of Bystillwaters Bistro.

The final day of the restaurant at 112 Vine St., is today, Friday, Dec. 28.

Servings of fish and chips are at:
• 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• 5 to 6:30 p.m. (reservations suggested)
• 6:30 to closing (reservations suggested)

Reservations are encouraged by calling 567-242-2284.

Cox opened the restaurant in April. It was previously called Jeanne's Kitchen, owned by Jeanne and Peter Previte.

Cox provided the following announcement on the Bistro's Facebook:

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Siefker Real Estate and Auction Co., will hold a land auction at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 14, at The Centre at Bluffton, 601 N. Main St.

The auction includes:
• 65.3 acres of land in Section 31 of Union Township, Hancock County
  Frontage is on County Road 33, east of Bluffton
• 27.7 acres of land in Section 28, Union Township, Hancock County
   Frontage is on State Route 235, south of Mt. Cory

An attachment  below provides more details of the auction.

Chapel worship coordinator at Bluffton University

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For Hannah McBride, a junior from Port Clinton, Ohio, there’s one part of Chapel she connects with the most. “I really like the music aspect of worship services,” explained McBride. “That’s when I feel the closest to God, and I realized I want to do that as a job.”

As Chapel worship coordinator at Bluffton University, she’s already getting the experience. The music ministry and worship arts double major schedules students to lead worship, often writes the benediction and sings with the praise band.

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