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Santa Claus is hanging on a wall in the lobby of Bluffton Family Recreation at 215 Snider Road. It's just next to the front desk.

Sponsored by Bluffton chamber - here are this year's winners

Four winners of this year’s Bluffton residential holiday lighting contest were announced today by Paula Scott, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce CEO.

Watch the Icon for photos of these winning displays.

• First place
  215 S. Jackson St.
  $400 prize

• Second place
  240 S. Lawn Ave.
  $300 prize

• Third place
   347 Sycamore Court
   $150 prize

• Mayor’s Choice
   503 Greding St.
   $150 prize

Hilty Home vaccines administered tomorrow

This article was updated with a clarification since it was posted.
Multiple residents of Mennonite Memorial Home and staff at MMH received their first doses of a covid-19 vaccine today (Dec. 22), according to Jason Cox.

Vaccines will be administered at Hilty Home, Pandora, on Dec. 23, and at Willow Ridge on Dec. 29, according to Cox.

Cox told the Icon that pharmacists from the CVS Pharmacy located in Breese Road, Lima, were on the MMH campus today giving the shots.

Here's further information about the vaccine at MHCO

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this?

Admittedly, this is a seasonal item. On the other hand, lots of people walk by it every day. Our only hint: It is inside a building and the business name begins with the letter B.

Answer tomorrow.

And, Fridays as a remote learning day for all students in third 9-weeks

Bluffton schools will continue with its four-day in-learning schedule through March 26. The announcement was made on the school website by Greg Denecker, superintendent. Click here to read the entire announcement.

A portion of the announcement follows:
First, I want to thank you for all you have done to make our first half of the school year go as smoothly as possible. 

Jupiter and Saturn will be easy to see with the unaided eye by looking toward the southwest just after sunset

FROM NASA - Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat tonight, Dec. 21.

What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky over the next two weeks as the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn come together, culminating on the night of Monday, Dec. 21.

In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope to the night sky, discovering the four moons of Jupiter – Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

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