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If we aren't mistaken this plate belongs to Sue Epp and you'll find it on a silver Mercury Monterey parked on school days in the school parking lot. I Peter, chapter 5, verse 7 offers an encouraging message to everyone.

No report yet on a run on milk and bread in local stores, but the day is still young

Winter is on the way. Here's a weather update for Friday night, Dec. 16, from various weather internet sites:

For northwestern Ohio snow is in the forecast tonight and mixed with or changing to sleet and freezing rain. Anticipated 1 to 3 inches of snow with minor ice. Periods of snow tonight will change to a wintry mix overnight.

Low temperature anticipated at 20 degrees, with winds from the south southeast at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent.

 

On Saturday Christmas adopt-a-family deliveries take place

Junior and senior members of the Bluffton High School student senate helped stock food pantry shelves earlier this week. In the photo on the left are Anna Spiridigliozzi, Leah Conley, Alton Burkholder and Kayla Kindle. In the photo at the bottom of this story are Christopher Harnish, Zane Myers and Christian Groman.

The Bluffton Community Assistance Program's food pantry in St. John's United Church of Christ is very busy this month.

Evening classes at OSU-Lima

Are you a small farm landowner wondering what to do with your acreage?  

Are you interested in exploring options for land uses but not sure where to turn or how to begin?  

Have you considered adding an agricultural or horticultural enterprise but you just aren’t sure of what is required from an equipment, labor, and/or management perspective?  

Are you looking for someplace to get some basic farm information?  

each year at the Bluffton elementary Christmas concert - this year is no exception

LOTS OF PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY -
Music lovers arrive one hour earlier to get the best seat.

The gymnasium is packed.

Then, in come the performers. Every Bluffton Kindergartener, first grader, second grader, third grader, fourth grader and fifth grader.

It’s the largest mass choir to perform in Bluffton in the past 12 months (since last year’s concert).

Alice Basinger, raises her director’s hands... and immediately the Spirit of Christmas descends upon all attending.

Pandora weather observer Guy Verhoff reports that the weekend snowfall totaled 4.3 inches. Of that .6 fell on Saturday and 3.7 inches fell on Sunday.

A December weather summary from Dec. 1 to 16 is attached.

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