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These look more like October temperatures than December. Here's the high, the low and precipitation and snow recorded for the past seven days in the Bluffton-Pandora area, provided by Guy Verhoff, weather observer.

Dec.  High  Low   Rain     Snow
18     42     32
19     42     36
20     50     31                  trace
21     35      31       .25     1.9 inch
22     33     24
23     38     23
24     32     25

The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library will hold its annual organizational meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., in the library’s Riley Room.

The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers, set the 2013 meeting schedule and approve temporary authorizations for 2013.

Rev. U.S. Gottshall was pastor of all three Bluffton area Mennonite Churches. This post card, printed shortly after 1905 show the Ebenezer Mennonite at the bottom left, the St. John Mennonite, bottom right and First Mennonite top left, with Rev. Gottshall.

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Community meals, Bingo, monthly potluck, quilting...exercise class. Those are just part of the January events scheduled at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.

To view this entire January newsletter click on the attachment below.

It's a new year...later this week. Here's the Maple Crest Senior Living activities calendar for the first month of 2013.

Open it as an attachment at the bottom of this story.

First place in the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce 2012 residential Christmas lighting contest went to Derek and Jamie Snyder, 95 Riley Creek Court. They received $200 in chamber gift certificates. Click for a video.

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