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Weather report from Guy Verhoff, Pandora

Date Maximum temp. Minimum temp. Prec.

Dec. 1 53 32

Dec. 2 43 30 .45

Dec. 3 42 30 .05

Dec. 4 33 17

Dec. 5 24 15 trace

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The Bluffton Lions Club is now accepting Citizen of the Year nominations. To get criteria guidelines and print the nomination forms go to www.blufftonlions.org and click on citizens of the year.

Please complete the form by last day of January and mail it to.

Richard Ramseyer, President
175 Sunset Drive
Bluffton, Ohio 45817

About the award

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Melinda Bowden of PromoHits! looks at her card hand

The hottest Christmas toy nationwide might be a fake hamster, but Bluffton's hottest Christmas item is the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce card deck.

The deck features 52 Bluffton businesses and was created and donated to the chamber as a fundraiser by PromoHits!, owned by Melinda Bowden.

Each deck sells for only $5 each. The card decks are available at the following locations: Greg's Pharmacy, Common Grounds, The Sports Warehouse, The Dough Hook, BFR, Family True Value Hardware, The Curling Iron and the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.

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The Bluffton-Beaverdam-Richland Township United Way reached 44.27 percent of its goal on Dec. 7, according to Neil Reichenbach, United Way treasurer.

As of Dec. 7 the 209-10 campaign has reached $11,068. The total goal is $25,000. Persons may continue to make donations at Citizens National Bank.

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182 ZB

Here's another long-standing Bluffton license plate from the ZB era. At one time it no doubt meant a house number. Any viewer who can identify the owner of this plate, please advise.

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BLUFFTON HOLIDAY LIGHTING WINNERS

While Bluffton is a blaze of lights, several of those lights shine a littler brighter tonight that they did before.

The Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Blaze of Lights holiday light contest winners were announced on Dec. 6. The winners follow:

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