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Q: Do you know the cost of new Bluffton fire truck?
A: Try $310,200.

Q: How about the cost to dress one Bluffton firefighter?
A: $2,025.

Bluffton safety service officials, Jon Kinn and Rick Skilliter, will review with Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members plans for fire department major purchases in 2015. Their presentation takes place at the Friday, Dec. 12, chamber breakfast in the Bluffton town hall.

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How did our Bluffton-Pandora Swiss ancestors celebrate Christmas? 

The Bluffton/Pandora Swiss Community Historical Society Christmas open house, “Christmas at the Homestead” will be Saturday, Dec. 13, from 1-6 p.m. at the Schumacher Homestead.

The public is invited to tour the decorated 1843 house while snacking on homemade treats and listening to songs of the season.

SWISS HISTORICAL NEWSLETTER AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

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Ebenezer Mennonite Church Children’s Christmas program will be presented at 7 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 14, in the CMC.  The church is located at 8905 Columbus Grove Road, Bluffton.  An afterglow will be held following the program.  Everyone is invited.

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The Western Ohio Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in Delphos.  Members and guests will dine at 6 p.m. at The Grind Café and Coffee House, 226 N. Main Street and a short business meeting will follow.  Near 7 p.m., attendees will proceed to 241 N. Main Street, where they will tour the Delphos Canal Commission and Museum's 16th Annual Christmas Tree Festival and display.  The public is invited.

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D3 Football North Region

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Here are some members of the Bluffton High School class of 1968 as fourth graders in Clarence Kooker’s class.

Front from left, Roger Murray, Rich Edinger, Roger Kagy, John Maag, Rick Emmert, John Simcox, Rick Ewing, Dan King, John Lehman, Darrell Foster.

Second from left, Linda Soldan, Yvonne Agner, unidentified, Pat Benroth, Barb Martz, Linda Mericle, Barbara Basinger, Anise Spanagle, Kathy Kirtland.

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