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A Bluffton quick guide. That's the name of the new three-fold full-color flier distributed over the weekend to Bluffton businesses from the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.

The first run of the guide included a printing of 2,000 copies from Boehr Print. Those copies are now in nearly 50 Bluffton businesses all the way from the Interstate area to Main Street.

The guide in intended to help out-of-town visitors become acquainted with the community. It lists places to eat, places to stay, services available and things to do, and places to browse in Bluffton.

Sealed bids are due by 5 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 9, for the former Pandora Manufacturing plant. The building, located at 501 Basinger Road, includes 136,389 square feet and is located on slightly more than 12 acres of property.

The main building includes 18,163 square feet of office space and a second floor of 8,590 square feet. The property is zoned I-1 Industrial and has Pandora municipal utilities.

The Icon spotted this plate in Pandora. If you took a look at the Mercury carrying the plate you'd understand.

Continuing its theme of featuring local business persons, Sam Diller will relate 50 years of practicing law during the 7:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast in the town hall community room.

Eariler this fall, Diller was honored by the Ohio State Bar Association for his 50 years as a lawyer in Ohio.

The Bluffton and Lima MS Support Groups will hold a Christmas celebration at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 7, at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, 8905 Bluffton-Columbus Grove Road.

An activity for the evening is Wisdom from Dr. Gideon Food. A white elephant gift exchange is also planned.

Persons needing more information may contact Nancy at [email protected]. RSVP by Dec. 6.

The Village of Bluffton is offering 2011 swimming pool season passes at a a reduced rate (same rate as 2010) now through Dec. 31. The passes make great Christmas presents.

An attachment at the bottom of this page provides the complete form to purchase the passes.

Here are the 2010 rates good through Dec. 31:

Senior single $36 (55 years of age and older)
Senior couple $67.50
Family non-taxpayer $162
Family tax-payer $117
Single non-taxpayer $94.50
Single taxpayer $72

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