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A last-minute Christmas gift...and it's free!

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 24, 2010 - 4:34pm

It's Dec. 25. You're still in need of a last-minute Christmas present that's so inexpensive that it makes you wonder if the original Bush tax cuts will ever trickle down and heal your check book.

Fear not. We bring you good tidings of great joy. Here's a Christmas present you may give to anyone who has even the most remote connection to Bluffton, Ohio.

Give someone The Bluffton Icon as a home page! Here's how:

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Regional news
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More Main Street lights

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 24, 2010 - 10:42am
More Main Street lights

The Buroker residence on South Main Street offers an outdoor and indoor light display.

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More Main Street lights

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 24, 2010 - 10:42am
More Main Street lights

The Buroker residence on South Main Street offers an outdoor and indoor light display.

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Bob and Barb Stratton

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 24, 2010 - 9:17am

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Here's former Bluffton sixth grade teacher, Bob Stratton, with his daughter, Barb. Paul Diller took this color slide photo, we are guessing in the late 1950s. Any Icon Viewer with more information, please contact us. We'd love to hear from Barb, too. (From the Jim Diller collection)

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Historical Bluffton
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Bluffton churches celebrate Christmas eve with special services tonight

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 24, 2010 - 6:42am

Here are the Christmas eve church services that area congregations provided to The Icon.

o First United Methodist Church
Christmas Eve Service
Traditional Service of Lessons and Carols, 7 p.m.
Pre-service music starts at approximately 6:35 p.m.

o Emmanuel United Church of Christ
Christmas Eve Service
There will be a special production by the children and lots of Christmas singing with the service starting at 6 p.m.

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Worship
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And there appeared a duo of wise angel men

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 24, 2010 - 6:23am

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

According to Luke 2, a Heavenly host of angels appeared on Christmas Eve. Well, technically, no one is sure of what time they appeared. But they did. And then, of course, along came the Wise Men. Okay, so today - Christmas Eve - two, well, let's just call them Wise angel men, appeared at Bluffton Family Rec center, as I was running around the track.

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