SHANNON Service Club, Bluffton, announced dates of its 2016 garage sale during the Friday Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast.

Duane Bollenbacher of the club said that the community-wide garage sale will be Friday and Saturday, Feb.26- 27, at the Centre.

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Book ReViews will host a book signing for Bluffton author, Scot Ciminillo, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 9, according to Dr. Christina Walton, store manager. 
 
Ciminillo has written three books. His most recent is, "In Thru the Ohio Wilderness: One Man’s (419) Walk," just released.

The book is non-fiction and centers on the author's exepriences of raising a son with Autism Spectrum Disability (ADS), while the author was a student at Bluffton University.

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present pianist Lucia Unrau of the Bluffton University music department, and clarinetist Sandra Jackson of the Eastern Michigan music department, in recital at the ONU Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Monday, Jan. 11, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

With recent performances at the Interlochen Arts Camp and with the Lima Symphony Orchestra, Unrau was also a soloist with the Detroit Chamber Orchestra.

Here's something for new year's eve. It's Bluffton's oldest annual tradition.

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Traditional new year's caroling/serenading of the two David Rothen hymns of pre-1840s will again be sung on Dec. 31, 2015, led by the Swiss Historical Society. 

Here's something for your holiday calendar. It's Bluffton's oldest annual tradition.

Traditional new year's caroling/serenading of the two David Rothen hymns of pre-1840s will again be sung on Dec. 31, 2015, led by the Swiss Historical Society. 

Carolers will start at the lobby of Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 West Elm St., Bluffton, at 5 p.m. Copies of the carols in English, German and as a pronouncing guide are attachments at the bottom of this story.

The December meeting of the Western Ohio Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association will take place on Tuesday, Dec, 15 in Van Wert.  

Members and guests will dine at Black Angus on Main, 282 E. Main Street (Lincoln Highway) at 6 p.m. 

At 7 p.m., a brief business meeting will take place. Afterwards, members and guests are welcome and encouraged to share personal Christmas memories, stories, special readings or decorations.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

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