The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce has awarded eight prizes in the 2021 Residential Lights contest. New this year: the competition had two geographic divisions with Main Street providing the dividing line between Northwest and Southeast.
Judging criteria were
First impression
Decorating difficulty
Decorating creativity
Balance of lights and decorations
Amount of lights and decorations
You'll find the winners at the addresses below and in the attached photos.
The Icon dipped into www.BlufftonForever.com in search of Christmas-themed content and discovered that Santa once lived in Bluffton:
"Lazarus 'Lotzy' Basinger, (also known as Santa Claus) [was] a familiar face in the Bluffton crowd over his 90-year life span. Here is his story pieced together by the Bluffton Forever staff.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team went up 23-11 in the first quarter and never looked back in a 66-45 win at Adrian College on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Bluffton improved to 4-4 with its second straight victory, while Adrian fell to 3-8 on the season.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association (BAMA) and area churches provided information for the attached schedule of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day worship services.
