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Drooling over great designs

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2020 - 9:37am

FROM ADA ICON - One of the Icon's favorite Ada Facebooks is Fine Touch Furniture and Upholstery. Like the song goes, the Garvers seem to put new tunes on old pianos. Only the pianos in this case are chairs and sofas and other furniture. The two top photos represent a before and after. The bottom photos show front and back of one of their recent projects.

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Several new Help Wanted ads now on the Icon's Classified Page

Local openings for part-time and full-time
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2020 - 12:51pm

Several new “Help Wanted” advertisements are now listed on Bluffton and Ada Icons.

These range from part-time to full-time openings and include:
• New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center
• Bluffton University
• Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio
• GROB Systems
• Mercy Health
• Machine operators through Patrick Staffing
• Bluffton law office
• Viva Maria Pizza and Pasta
• The Dough Hook
• Wendy’s Restaurant
• Blanchard Valley Heath Systems
• Ohio Northern University
• Ohio Means Jobs

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Enter Icon's Display Ad Contest - winner goes home with a Padrone's Pizza

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 31, 2020 - 10:16am

Here's the Icon’s 5-Question Display Ad Contest. It's open to all viewers. The winner receives a 1-item, 14-inch Padrone’s pizza. In the case of a tie, a random drawing will determine the winner.

Here’s how to enter.

Open the "Display Ads” page on the Bluffton Icon. You'll find it on the black scroll bar under the Icon masthead. 

Or, go to the displays ads located at the bottom of every inside Icon page. Each page includes the same group of ads.

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Huge response to Dunkin' Donuts announcement

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 29, 2020 - 10:14am

Yesterday's announcement of Dunkin' Donuts moving into the former Burger King property at 499 State Route 103, Bluffton, received a tremendous response from Icon viewers.

After only 19 hours on Facebook, the story reached 35,190 people, had 280 likes, was shared 301 times and had comments from 108 viewers.

And, the numbers on this story continue to climb. It's the largest single story response in 2020 on the Bluffton Icon.

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Teaching financial responsibility

Some ideas for your children
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 22, 2020 - 1:54pm

By Faith Investment Services intern, James Garrett
Being financially responsible is a very important aspect of life. By doing the right things with your money, you can live a fruitful time on earth from beginning to end. But do you remember when you learned about how to manage money?

Learning about financial responsibility is important for everyone to understand, even children. But how do you teach them?

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Red tag sale and garage sale at New Leaf Garden Center

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 22, 2020 - 1:33pm

New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, has its red tag and garage sale underway, according to Laurie Laird of New Leaf.

The sale includes selected trees and shrubs 25 to 50 % off regular price. In addition, there is a $1, $5 and $10 area.

Other sale items include a clearance on hanging baskets, vegetable plants, annual flowers, fruit trees and plants, water garden plants and more.

Garage sale items include miscellaneoous lawn and garden products, Christmas items and other items.

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