Position available, immediate opening, must be resident of Village of Bluffton. Must have the village's interest as a high priority.

Bluffton council will soon seek to fill a vacancy on the council. The vacancy will occur in January when Eric Fulcomer resigns his seat to become mayor. Two years remain on Fulcomer's term.

Calling all chili chefs:

In order to raise money for youth services programming, the Bluffton Public Library is now recruiting cooks for its 2012 "Cook for Books" Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, Feb. 25.

Amateur cooks must register by Tuesday, Jan. 17. Each participating cook will be asked to prepare and donate 7 to 8 quarts of hot chili for the event. "The chili may be traditional or inventive," said youth services coordinator Rikki Unterbrink. "We just need it to be edible!"

Here's an Ohio University alum's license plate. We spot this near the middle school from time to time. It belongs to Nancy Armour.

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Here's an ink blotter advertisement from Andrew Hauenstein and Son drug store, Bluffton. The wording reads: "The Old Bookkkeeper's verdict after all, no ink like Carter's. The card is copyrighted 1903.

Elvina M. Wilkins, 76 died at 6 a.m. Dec. 25, 2011 at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

The Icon received a letter to Santa from one of the llamas at the Hard Rock Llama farm, rural Bluffton. Anyone who attends the Bluffton Arts and Crafts show each May has had a chance to say hello to some of the llamas. The farm is operated by Mike, Wendy and Mandy Gerken.

The letter came from a baby llama, who is yet to have a name, however, it signed the letter "Milk Toast."

We invited viewers to read the letter and to get an update on the life of llamas in rural Bluffton.

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This Christmas card from 1919 offers a political statement of the time. It reads: "I can't drink your health this Xmas with either bourbon or rye, for I'm living the life of a camel in a state that has gone bone-dry."

For more information about "states going dry" in 1919 click here.

This card and the card on the home page from the collection of Fred Steiner

ADLR - initials? A word? You tell us. We're listening. The Icon spotted this plate on Cherry Street near Common Grounds.