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BFR hopes to make your holiday shopping easier, according to Carole Enneking, director.

BFR currently offers Texas Roadhouse gift cards. Ten percent of each card sold helps the operation of BFR.

Two purchase options are available:

1 - On site: $15 and $25 cards are on hand

2 - Pre-paid: order and pay for a quatity of $15, $25 or $50 cards for later pickup.

Cash, check or credit cards are accepted. Details are available from BFR, 215 Snider Road. Telephone: 419-358-4150.

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The anniversary of 100 years of Girl Scouts in the United States will be celebrated in Bluffton in December.

"The Bluffton Girl Scouts are looking for all Girl Scout alumni to join us for light refreshments, fun and sisterhood. We invite you to come and share a song or story from your years as a Girl Scout," said Wendy Chappell-Dick, who is helping to organize the event planned Monday, Dec. 12.

"We would appreciate an RSVP by Dec. 5 so that we can prepare properly. Please contact Kathy Bishop [email protected] or 567-226-1234.

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Even if you weren't able to bid on art at this year's Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs art auction, here's one way you may go home with over one dozen works of art.

BCE offers a 2012 art calendar. It features 13 pages of this year's art auction works. Calendars are available at Greg's Pharmacy and Common Grounds for a suggested donation of $10 each.

Art in the calendar includes:

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Here's the high and low temperatures for the past seven days from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date High Low Prec

Nov. 15 57 49
Nov. 16 52 34
Nov. 17 39 25
Nov. 18 47 24
Nov. 19 59 41 0.08
Nov. 20 59 41
Nov. 21 44 39 0.16

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The Bluffton High School class of 1967 will celebrate its 45th reunion on July 21, 2012, at Marbeck Center at Bluffton University.

Planners of the event invite class members to mark your calendars, and share this with other 1967 graduates you might see during the holidays.
More details will follow later.

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The Bluffton Lions Club newsletter for November is now available to Icon viewers. The newsletter is a printer-friendly attachment located at the bottom of this story.

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