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Are those carolers we hear? Here are carolers from the Ream holiday folk art display. Bluffton's Blaze of Lights is getting closer and closer. This year's Blaze is Saturday with events beginning at 4 p.m. when Chad Hartson start creating his ice sculpture using  chain saw. Click here for the entire Blaze schedule.

CONTEST JUDGING TAKES PLACE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4

It's not necessarily the number of lights on your lawn - it's the holiday feeling your display evokes.

This year's Bluffton residential lighting contest offers several new judging catetories and "Small is Beautiful" is one of those categories.

Thanks to a $450 donation from First National Bank, Bluffton’s residential holiday lighting contest prize money totals $800 this year. First National’s donation is assisted courtesy of Kasasa, its rewards checking account partner.

Santa Claus - and Mrs. Claus - are coming to town. The North Pole couple will be in the Saturday Blaze parade.

Following the parade they will meet with youngsters of all ages at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. Here's a view from a previous visit.

Bluffton Lions will hold a chicken barbecue on Blaze of Lights Saturday. Tickets are $8 and are available from any club member. Dinners will be available while they last from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Bluffton Middle School. dinner may be picked up in a drive-through set up in front of the middle school.

Bluffton's next American Red Cross blood drive is Thursday, Dec. 5, at First Mennonite Church,.

The drive takes place from noon to 6 p.m. To schedule an appointment in advance call 1-800-REDCROSS or visit redcrossblood.org.

 

The Council for the Arts of Greater Lima will host its third annual Holiday Night at the Museum on Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Allen County Museum.

This year’s event will be hosted by Don and Sherri Fischer and include and evening of fine wine and drinks; a dinner prepared by chef Brian Keegan and Barb Cooley; live holiday music by The Ohio State University’s choral ensemble, Carmony; and an auction of local art and gifts, all to benefit the educational programming of the Council for the Arts of Greater Lima.

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