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Bluffton’s Barberettes will be presenting a Christmas program at four area senior living facilities in December.

Here's the schedule:

Dec. 3 – Richland Manor
Dec. 7 -  Hilty Home
Dec. 10 – Mennonite Memorial Home
Dec. 14 – Maple Crest.

All concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. and the public is invited to the Maple Crest program on Dec. 14. It takes place in the Patio Room.

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Nancy Armour is the winner of Week 4 of The Icon Football Contest. Nancy, Chris Conley and Jim Dillman each correctly picked 12 games this week. Chris was eliminated in tie-breaker 1 (picked Ohio State to win by 8 or more). Nancy and Jim picked the same tie-breakers. Since The Icon received Nancy's picks first she is declared the winner.

Duane Bollenbacher is the winner of Week 3 of The Icon Football Contest 2. He was declared the winner after Tie-Breaker #1 when he correctly picked Ohio State to win by 4-7 points.  

Other contestants:

Jessica Dailey of Bluffton, Ohio, graduated in September from Saint Joseph's College of Maine with a Master of Science in Nursing.

Dailey works at Lima Memorial Hospital and is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine offers traditional, 4-year bachelor’s degrees to students at its southern Maine campus on Sebago Lake and online undergraduate and graduate programs to working adults throughout the country. www.sjcme.edu

Everett Collier of Bluffton plays the lead character Hoke Colburn in the Van Wert Civic Theatre's production of "Driving Miss Daisy."

Performances are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16-18. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m. Sunday's performance is at 2 p.m.

Contact the VWCT Box office at 419-238-9689 for tickets.

The performance is directed by George Dunster. Jan Miller plays Miss Daisy Werthan and Joe Warnement plays Boolie Werthan.

Bluffton High School's drama club presents "Born to be Wild," Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bluffton middle school cafetorium.

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