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It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...even though temperatures feel like summer.

Jon Kinn, Bluffton fire chief, set Saturday, Nov. 12, as the day that the fire department will hang holiday garlands on Main Street businesses.

He asks that businesses place their garlands outside their door by 8 a.m. on Nov. 12.

A rain date for hanging garlands is the following Saturday, Nov. 19. This year's Blaze of Lights is Saturday, Nov. 26.

The Icon spotted "CHEER 63" in the Ada school parking lot in September. Look for it in a white Chevy Traverse LTE. Does it belong for a former cheerleader born in 1963? That's our best guess.

Do you have an interesting license plate? Send a photo to [email protected]. Don't forget to tell us the plate's meaning.

All kind of learning experiences in October at Bluffton elementary

A field trip to the Lima Symphony, Red Ribbon Week, book fair and a trip to Kewpee are event on the Bluffton elementary school calendar in October.

Here's details on those events and additional October activities from the Bluffton school website. The October elementary newsletter, which also lists November events, is an attachment.

ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR: Book Fair begins Monday, Oct. 24.  Daily hours will be 8 a.m. until  p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m. until p.m. on Friday.  Family Night are Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 6 until 8 p.m.

On two consecutive Saturdays, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5

Bridge Home Health & Hospice, a non-profit organization providing home health care and hospice services, will offer training for prospective volunteers for two consecutive Saturdays - Saturday, Oct. 29, and Saturday, Nov. 5,  from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Bluffton Hospital, 139 Garau St.
 
Courses will cover the basic principles of hospice, understanding the needs of patients and their families, effective communication, patient care, pain and symptom management, spiritual care giving and understanding grief and loss.
 

Monthly senior citizen breakfast in the school - let's eat first and then watch the show

Many neat things take place in Bluffton - things that probably wouldn't happen in larger cities.

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One of those "neat things" is the monthly senior breakfast at the Bluffton middle school. The breakfast, held the second Wednesday of each month when school is in session offers a senior citizens a complimentary breakfast and lots more.

Except those receiving physical therapy

All patients entering Bluffton Hospital, except those receiving physical therapy, should now enter through the Emergency Department entrance. The Garau Street entrance should only be used for those with physical therapy appointments.

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