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Sign on the red mailbox at the Presbyterian Church lawn

How many persons from out of town visit Bluffton between Nov. 26 and Jan. 1 to see the Blaze of Lights and cruise town looking at residential lights?

Take a wild guess. No, we don't have the answer, but here's one small glimpse that indicates the traffic. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce provides free maps to assist out-of-town guests interested in viewing our lights.

The Bluffton school board said "no" to Ohio House Bill 136 on Monday.

For the text of the bill click here.

For a story from The Plain Dealer on the bill click here.

The board passed a resolution on Monday opposing Ohio House Bill 136 (School Choice) and stated its opposition to any legislation that seeks to transfer public money to support private education.

Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., has all its Christmas books on sale for one-half price through December, according to Paula Unrau of the store.

Christmas items include inspirational, religious, children's, decor and craft books.

The store will be closed from noon, Saturday, Dec. 24. Check the store's Facebook page for weekly specials through January 2012.

The winner of The Icon's Week 6 of the NFL Contest is Dan Smith. Dan accumulated 7 points to claim victory.
Other contestants:
6 points - Jerry Cupples.
5 points - Ben Reineke, Duane Bollenbacher, John Clevidence, Nancy Armour and Philip Keeler.
4 points - Andy Althaus, James Crawfis, Mark Sommers and Mike Burris.
3 points - Becky Warren.

Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree

Marbeck Center's Christmas tree greets visitors to the student center this month. The tree is in the Kiva.

Flo Herrmann

Florence "Flo" Herrmann, 84 died at 5:02 p.m. Dec. 18, 2011 at her residence. She was born May 14, 1927, in Belmont, Ohio to Andrew and Elizabeth (Callahan) McLaughlin. On Nov. 20, 1954 she married Fred Herrmann and he died Sept. 13, 2003.

She had retired as a bookkeeper at the Bluffton Stone Company. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bluffton. She was a volunteer at Bluffton Hospital and enjoyed reading and traveling. She was a 1945 graduate of Senecaville High School.

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