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Your dream of a white Christmas came true. It did snow - ever so slightly - on Christmas Day. Here's the highs, lows and trace of snow report for the past seven days from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library will hold its annual reorganization meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., in the library's Riley Room.

The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers, set the 2011 meeting schedule and approve temporary authorizations for 2011. Library board meetings are open to the public.

For more information, visit the library or call 419-358-5016.

What kind of an animal drives this vehicle? The Icon spotted this plate in the parking lot at Groves Bears and Antiques

Icon viewers have noticed several changes to the Icon home page this week. The Icon staff is still working on these changes and by the first of January, a new and improved Icon will be serving viewers with much more coverage.

We'll explain these new home page features soon, but first here's information on our new community directory unveiled today (Dec. 25). Viewers who click "Ad Index" on the top bar on the home page now additional access to several community features.

The Icon spotted this plate on the roof top of a house on Grove Street about five minutes past midnight on Dec. 25.

It's Dec. 25. You're still in need of a last-minute Christmas present that's so inexpensive that it makes you wonder if the original Bush tax cuts will ever trickle down and heal your check book.

Fear not. We bring you good tidings of great joy. Here's a Christmas present you may give to anyone who has even the most remote connection to Bluffton, Ohio.

Give someone The Bluffton Icon as a home page! Here's how:

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