By Barb Lockhard
FROM ADA ICON - If the New Mexico landscape was an inspiration to artist Georgia O’Keeffe in the 1920s, decades later it may have also been a visual training ground for Ada photographer Karen Ward.
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Arriving in Ada nearly 30 years ago from Las Cruces, New Mexico, Ward fell in love with “the charm of the yesteryear vintage of this small village.” She’s been photographing Ada ever since.
Note: Bluffton sixth graders in the 1953-54 school year (graduating class of 1960) created a booklet titled "The Bluffton Story." The following article is part of that booklet, which is now in the history collection at the Bluffton Public Library. This series continues each week on the Icon. "The Central Ohio Light and Power Company"
By Gerald Tschiegg and Robert Kimmet
The Central Ohio Light and Power Co. came to Bluffton in 1937, and has grown steadily since.
Note: Bluffton sixth graders in the 1953-54 school year (graduating class of 1960) created a booklet titled "The Bluffton Story." The following article is part of that booklet, which is now in the history collection at the Bluffton Public Library. This series continues each week on the Icon. "Bluffton Businesses"
By Theresa Preto and Suann Clauss
Today Bluffton can boast of some 100 business places, a far cry from the very humble beginnings of one grist mill that was located here a little over 100 years ago by Joseph Deford.
Icon's roving photography, Dennis Morrison, spotted this scene yesteray in back of the Riley View Apartments. The event celebrates Danielle Corbin’s 30th birthday. Danielle is the one with the crown on her head.
Retired Bluffton police chief, Rick Skilliter, became executive director of PASS (Prevention Awareness Support Services), a non-profit organization serving Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin Counties. The appointment was made on July 1.
PASS serves area communities through the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin counties.
PASS is expanding its footprint in Ohio as a certified prevention agency. According to a PASS news release, the addition of Skilliter allows for continuity of programming during that expansion.
