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You have to believe, after seeing these photos.

On Dec. 6 the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce invited Santa to Bluffton for the third time this year. His first visit was at Town and County Flowers on Nov. 21. Then on Blaze of Lights night he brough Mrs. Claus with him and stopped into the Senior Citizens Center.

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He returned Dec. 6 - this time to Greg's Pharmacy. And, from time to time, he took a stroll up and down Main Street. 

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Nine rounds and 25 minutes of word spelling came down to “spoonerism.”

That reveals the level of spelling knowledge needed to compete in this year’s Bluffton Middle School Spelling Bee.

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Starting with five sixth graders, five seventh graders and five eighth graders, the field reduced to two contestants after the eighth round.

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A "Peanuts" Christmas theme won the Bluffton downtown merchants holiday window juding contest this year. Reichenbach and Steiner CPA, 140 N. Main St., was voted first place by other downtown merchants.  Maddison Wilson Hannah Bell, Bluffton High School students, created the window scene. 

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Three Pirates were in double-figures as Bluffton's girls defeated Ft. Jennings in a non-conference game on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 6, in Bluffton.

Game stats are in the attachment below.

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December 6, 2014

Results

DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Bluffton University men’s and women’s track and field team opened its 2014-15 indoor track and field season with a dual meet at Defiance College. The contest between intra-conference rivals produced a win for the men’s team, a number of HCAC conference championship qualifiers and personal-best performances. 

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Stats

FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Bluffton University men's basketball team jumped on Thayne Recker's (Arlington) back and rode the junior post to a 74-70 win at Franklin College on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. The Beavers improved to 4-2 overall and 2-0 in the HCAC on the strength of a career-high 33 points from Recker. Franklin stayed winless at 0-7 and 0-2 in the conference.

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