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Bluffton Middle School is having a Scholastic Book Fair on Friday, Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 18, 21 and 22. The book fair hours on Friday and Monday are during school.

Book fair hours on Monday, Nov. 21, are also from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The sale includes posters, computer software, school supplies and books.

Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the 17th annual Holiday Spectacular on Friday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m.

There also will be performances at the Civic and Convention Center in Lima, on Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m.

Featuring popular Christmas songs, the production centers on the misadventures of Mrs. Claus and Pixel the elf as they try to help Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.

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Here is a Leland Gerber photo of what we believe is a confirmation class from the Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera. Icon viewers east of Bluffton should be able to identify these young people and place an exact date on the photo.

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Everett Collier served as auctioneer of the third annual Bluffton Center for Entrepreneur art auction. The event at The Centre raised several thousand dollars for BCE. Click for a video.

Bluffton Public Library will host folk artists Elisabeth Pixley-Fink and Andru Bemis in concert and soup supper at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 21. (Concert is from 6-8 p.m.)

Admission is free, donations accepted at the door.

Elisabeth Pixley-Fink is a Kalamazoo, Michigan-based songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist (keys, guitar, banjo and body), who grew up
studying piano and singing shape note harmonies with her family.

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