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Website redesign launched

For Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Posted by Icon K on October 18, 2019 - 6:00am

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) is proud to announce the launch of the newly redesigned HCAC website, heartlandconf.org, as well as its continued partnership with website solutions partner PrestoSports. The site’s new interface provides visual improvements as well as enhanced convenience featuring website navigation and mobile device integration.

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Rear-view harvest

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 17, 2019 - 3:18pm

Our your next rural Bluffton trip check out your rear view mirror. You might see a harvester taking off soybeans. Here's a field on Hillville Road at Swaney where that image appeared in the Icon's rear view mirror. Next photos in the series show harvest underway in greater details.

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Do you need a building permit?

Oct. 23 BCE brown bag workshop answers your questions
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 17, 2019 - 3:02pm

Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) will host a Brown Bag Discussion at noon, Wednesday, Oct. 23, on the topic of building permits in the village of Bluffton.

Jesse Blackburn of the Village of Bluffton and Michael Rudey of the Wood County inspection department will answer questions about working on commercial buildings. The event is located on the third floor of Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St.

The BCE hosts casual, small group gatherings on topics of interest to emerging and small businesses. They are scheduled to fit in the busy schedules of entrepreneurs.

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Bluffton sweeps NWC soccer individual awards

Pirates White, Daws, Byers and Smucker earn top honors
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 17, 2019 - 2:20pm

Boys' and girls' team honors are part of this story -
By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - Bluffton won the boys and girls soccer Northwest Conference Player and Coach of the Year awards at the recent league meeting in voting conducted by the coaches.

Lady Pirate senior Kayla White was voted the 2019 Northwest Conference Player of the Year by the coaches.  

Bluffton girls soccer mentor Jared Byers was selected NWC Coach of the Year in voting by his peers.

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Sophomore Kylie Stackhouse 1st team All-NWC spiker

Junior Taylor Schwab was named second team; sophomore setter Skyler Scoles
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 17, 2019 - 2:10pm

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - Bluffton sophomore hitter Kylie Stackhouse was named first team All-Northwest Conference in voting by league coaches conducted recently at their annual meeting in Delphos.

The athletic Stackhouse led the Lady Pirates in kills and blocks. Bluffton finished 4-4 (tied for fourth) in the nine-team NWC and is 12-11 overall heading into the sectional finals.

Versatile Pirate junior Taylor Schwab was named second team all-conference. Schwab finished second for Bluffton in kills and digs.

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Protecting your integrity, your assets, or both?

Posted by LizGH on October 17, 2019 - 1:43pm

By Faith Investment Services
Bluffton, 419-358-4207

What will happen to my assets if I end up in a nursing home?  What can I do to protect myself and my assets?  What is long-term care insurance and how does it work?  Will Medicaid get everything I’ve worked my entire life for?”

These are great questions, and the answers are different for everyone.  There is no cookie-cutter approach to long-term care, whether self-funded or relying on Medicaid when your assets are depleted. 

Possible options include:

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