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By Paula Scott

The Bluffton Public Library is continuing its “Home for the Holidays” fundraiser–a stay at home style event–that was started in 2020. It has been so successful that the library has not returned to the silent auction format. It is an opportunity to remind people of the opportunity to support the library during this season of giving, notes Library Director Jessica Hermiller.

While there is a target date of December 31, donations are welcome at any time of the year. Ways to donate are listed HERE.

“Fundraisers really do impact the collection and services we are able to provide,” she told the Icon. “The money that’s brought in through fundraisers goes immediately to what we provide the community. It goes to books, movies, newspaper and magazine collections, the Children’s Storytime program, and when we bring in outside speakers, that sort of thing.”

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Play the November Bluffton Icon puzzle at https://bit.ly/November_2022_crossword_B_Icon  to see how well you remember the news from last month. Print or play online!

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The Bluffton Exempted Village Schools Board of Education will meet at 5:30 on Monday, December 12, rather than at 7:30 p.m., to accommodate attendance at school concerts later in the evening. Board meetings are held in the Elementary School media center.

The agenda includes:

5. CONTRACTS, ASSIGNMENTS & ETC.:

- President Pro Tempore for January Organizational meeting.      

- Substitute Teacher at $95.00 per day taught: Jared Breece, Sophia Bricker, Mackenzie Jackson, Perry Luhn, Maegan Bouchonville

- Substitute Educational Aides Contract at $12.00 per hour worked: Kim Kirkendall

- Substitute Bus Driver Contract at $17.50 per hour worked: Brian Hilty

- Classified Contract: Jon Jay Stratton – Bus Driver, Step 1, $19.54 Per Hour, 4 Hours Per day. Effective – November 30, 2022

- Students For Other Students Coordinators: Andrew Armstrong, $20.00 per hour worked for a maximum of 60 hours

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Beginning in late December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will spend several months gathering information about farm economics and production practices from farmers and ranchers  across Ohio, as the agency conducts the third and final phase of the 2022 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). 

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Bluffton Bread Company has announced the last week of sales before the Christmas holiday. The business is a program of Bluffton University and provides hands-on experience for students from several majors.

Online orders will be accepted Sunday, Dec. 11-Tuesday, Dec. 13 for bread to be picked up Friday, Dec. 16. The cost is $12 per loaf or $25 for a bundle of five mini loaves.

Three flavors are available:

           Asiago Cheddar

           Chocolate Peppermint

           Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Orders, placed at https://shop.blufftonbreadcompany.com may be picked up from 8-10 a.m. or 3-5 p.m. on Friday in the Sommer Center’s Reichenbach Room. Shipping is available for an additional fee. 

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Thomas W. “Tom” Truman, age 81, of Lima, peacefully passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 7:07 p.m.

He was born on November 26, 1941, in Toledo, Ohio to the late Russell and Virginia (Miller) Truman.  On September 21, 1959, Thomas married Delores Wright and she preceded him in death on November 2, 2021.

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