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Peter Suter of Shannon Theatre announced that "Parental Guidance" (PG) will be shown at the theatre from December 26 - January 1.

Show times are:

Every evening at 7:00 and 9:30 pm with daily matinees at 1:30 and 4:00 pm.

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Here's the seven-day report for December from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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Several Bluffton congregation hold Christmas eve services. Here are the services provided to The Icon.

Bluffton Presbyterian

Prelude in brass at 6:30 p.m. 
Christmas eve service at 7 p.m. 
Fellowship at 8 p.m.
Service of communion, 8:30 p.m.

English Lutheran

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Carolyn J. Courtney, 72, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at 5:54 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

She was born on April 2, 1940 in McGuffey, Ohio to Adam Francis and Doris (Baughman) Edens, and they preceded her in death. She married Jack Courtney and they are divorced.

Carolyn worked for 10 years in the Paint Shop at Ex-Cell-O Corp in Bluffton. She was a member of the Alger Assembly of God Church. She was a graduate of Ada High School in 1958 and attended UNOH for Medical Office Mangement until she needed to quit for health reasons.

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Rev. George H. Klinefelter, former pastor of Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bluffton, died on Friday, Dec. 21, at the home of his son, Philip.

Born Jan 27, 1919, in Zelienople, Pa., he graduated from Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio in 1940 where he met his future wife Josephine Niswander. After he graduated from Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pa. in 1943 they were married. They went on to serve in Mechanicsburg and Northampton, Pa., from 1943-1957. Then in Middletown, Md., from 1957 to 1972, Wooster, Ohio, from 1972-1978. 

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The Sue and Jim Kinn residence, 105 Riley St., was named second place in the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce residential lighting contest. The Kinns received a $100 chamber gift certificate. Click for a video.

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