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Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., has all its Christmas books on sale for one-half price through December, according to Paula Unrau of the store.

Christmas items include inspirational, religious, children's, decor and craft books.

The store will be closed from noon, Saturday, Dec. 24. Check the store's Facebook page for weekly specials through January 2012.

The winner of The Icon's Week 6 of the NFL Contest is Dan Smith. Dan accumulated 7 points to claim victory.
Other contestants:
6 points - Jerry Cupples.
5 points - Ben Reineke, Duane Bollenbacher, John Clevidence, Nancy Armour and Philip Keeler.
4 points - Andy Althaus, James Crawfis, Mark Sommers and Mike Burris.
3 points - Becky Warren.

Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree

Marbeck Center's Christmas tree greets visitors to the student center this month. The tree is in the Kiva.

Flo Herrmann

Florence "Flo" Herrmann, 84 died at 5:02 p.m. Dec. 18, 2011 at her residence. She was born May 14, 1927, in Belmont, Ohio to Andrew and Elizabeth (Callahan) McLaughlin. On Nov. 20, 1954 she married Fred Herrmann and he died Sept. 13, 2003.

She had retired as a bookkeeper at the Bluffton Stone Company. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bluffton. She was a volunteer at Bluffton Hospital and enjoyed reading and traveling. She was a 1945 graduate of Senecaville High School.

Need a really great last-minute Christmas gift idea? The Icon has an entire bag full of ideas and the best part is that you don't need to drive to the mall to make the purchase. You don't even need to surf the Internet and pay one-day delivery prices.

The Icon offers viewers its annual survey of Bluffton-made products or products that say "Bluffton." These are available at very reasonable prices. Each makes a unique Christmas gift.

Here goes:

Up on the housetop...

Cory-Rawson second graders serenaded Mennonite Memorial Home residents with Christmas songs on Dec. 19. Click for the video.

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