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FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY CHALLENGES THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN $BUCKS FOR BOOKS$

The Friends of the Library wil donate $1,000 to the Bluffton Public Library to purchase new books this winter.

This will kick off the library's $Bucks for $Books campaign to offset the reduction in state funding to the library budget this coming year. The library hopes to raise $5,000 by the end of 2010. That is the approximate amount the budget for new books was cut. This early Christmas present from the Friends will jump start this fund raising drive.

MJS 9

We're guessing MJS are initials of the driver. But, for the 8, we don't know the meaning. We'll tell you this much: the plate is on a Buick. Viewers please help us identify this owner.

Weather report from Guy Verhoff, Pandora

Date Maximum temp. Minimum temp. Prec.

Dec. 1 53 32

Dec. 2 43 30 .45

Dec. 3 42 30 .05

Dec. 4 33 17

Dec. 5 24 15 trace

The Bluffton Lions Club is now accepting Citizen of the Year nominations. To get criteria guidelines and print the nomination forms go to www.blufftonlions.org and click on citizens of the year.

Please complete the form by last day of January and mail it to.

Richard Ramseyer, President
175 Sunset Drive
Bluffton, Ohio 45817

About the award

Melinda Bowden of PromoHits! looks at her card hand

The hottest Christmas toy nationwide might be a fake hamster, but Bluffton's hottest Christmas item is the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce card deck.

The deck features 52 Bluffton businesses and was created and donated to the chamber as a fundraiser by PromoHits!, owned by Melinda Bowden.

Each deck sells for only $5 each. The card decks are available at the following locations: Greg's Pharmacy, Common Grounds, The Sports Warehouse, The Dough Hook, BFR, Family True Value Hardware, The Curling Iron and the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.

The Bluffton-Beaverdam-Richland Township United Way reached 44.27 percent of its goal on Dec. 7, according to Neil Reichenbach, United Way treasurer.

As of Dec. 7 the 209-10 campaign has reached $11,068. The total goal is $25,000. Persons may continue to make donations at Citizens National Bank.

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