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Here is one of several custom created pens by Lonny Kent in the display case of the Bluffton Public Library this month. Kent creates pens through his company, Bend of the Riley Custom Pens."

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Jeff Carroll, Angie Stokes and Jane Pahl are the November winners in the Bluffton downtown 3/50 Project drawing.

They win an assortment of prizes from participating businesses as a result of their entry forms being picked in a random drawing.

Bluffton’s 3/50 Project is part of a nationwide effort that carried the tagline: “Save your local economy three stores at a time.”

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Interview by Sophie Marcum

As one of Bluffton High School’s most recent graduates, Adel has been immersed in her freshman year. She is at Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., and is majoring in Elementary Education. We had the opportunity to ask her about life since graduating. Here’s what we learned…

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Alice Basinger packed the house with parents, friends and music lovers on Monday. The annual Bluffton Elementary Christmas Concert filled the Bluffton High School Gymnasium with Kindergarten to fifth grade musicians. Click here to view photos and videos.

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Adelyn Althaus, a Kindergarten student in Mrs. Yarnell's class, smiles at her parents prior to the start of Monday's elementary Christmas concert.

The annual event includes performances by Kindergarten through fifth grade. Alice Basinger is the elementary music teacher.

The Icon provides a scrapbook of photos from the concert and several videos below.

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The results are in. Here are winners of this year's residential Christmas lighting contest in Bluffton.

The contest is conducted by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, which awards $500 in total prize money.

One of the guiding rules is an attempt to include different residential display winners each year. Also judges, led by team leader Lauren Beasley, reviewed all lighting displays inside the village limits. In addition, residents who requested to be judged were given special consideration.

Prizes are Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce gift certificates.

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