March 2026

MEDIA RELEASE__Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has entered into a partnership with Lima Pathology Associates, Inc. to provide comprehensive anatomic and clinical pathology services across the health system.

As part of this partnership, Scott W. Wendroth, MD, will serve as medical director of the pathology department at Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH), while Matthew T. Kuhn, MD, will serve as medical director of the pathology departments at The Armes Family Cancer Care Center (AFCCC) and Bluffton Hospital.

Please remove parked cars from curbed streets from 6:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 

MEDIA RELEASE__The Village of Bluffton has announced that Progressive Sweeping will be in town on Friday, March 20 starting at 6:00 a.m. 

Progressive will begin on Main St. and will be sweeping all curbed roads.

MEDIA RELEASE__Join the next Women in Business gathering on Wednesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at the 3rd Floor of Bluffton Town Hall.

This month's topic is "How to Use Canva." Canva is a simple design tool that can help you create social media graphics, flyers, presentations, and more for your business.

Bring your device! We'll walk through the basics and give you time to create something of your own.

We hope you'll join us for an evening of learning, creativity, and connecting with other women in our business community.

FROM FACEBOOK__Calling All Coaches! Bluffton Soccer Club would like to invite passionate coaches to lead our travel soccer teams! If you love the game and want to make a difference in the lives of young players, we’d love to hear from you.

Interested in coaching a travel team this fall? Reach out to [email protected] to request an application.

Please contact us by March 22 — fall tryouts will be held in May, so now is the perfect time to get involved.

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Four delectable-looking cakes are looking for a good home. You can bid on them at the Bluffton Public Library on Tuesday, March 17, between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Proceeds from the auction will benefit American 250 in Bluffton events.

Winners will be verified and announced at 5:30 p.m.

Happy Monday, Blufftonites! Here are BlufftonIcon.com's top stories from the week that was, March 9-15. For a chronological look Icon content, visit blufftonicon.com/archive

MARCH 9

Drone show fundraising includes America 250 in Bluffton merch

MARCH 10

Noon on Tuesday, March 17

The Bluffton Lions Club will hear from Andrew Gutierrez, RevOps & AI Strategist at Modgility on "Experience Meets Innovation: A Leader’s Guide to AI Efficiency and Security."

Gutierrez builds AI systems and specializes in working with small and mid-size businesses. He is an avid golfer and spends his free time with his wife and two daughters.

Lions Club meetings are held at the Bluffton Village Hall, 3rd Floor meeting room.

This event is open to the public.

By Paula Pyzik Scott

With a nod to America 250 celebrations, the Bluffton Icon presents a timeline of local history nestled within those decades. We begin here with the 1800s when surveyors and settlers first called the area Deer Creek, Crogan's Corners, Shannon and, finally, Bluffton.

1800s Bluffton History Timeline, Part One

Do you have a budding engineer in your family? If so, join the Bluffton Public Library for exciting STEM engineering challenges one Thursday evening each month at 6:00 p.m.

As a family unit, design, test, and modify your own creations.

Meet downstairs in the large activity room on March 19 and April 23. No registration required.

By Paula Pyzik Scott
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On March 15, 2012, The Ada Icon introduced itself with this article: Hello, Ada, we're the newest guy on the block. The Icon introduced free daily news supported by local advertisers, with no subscription, no login and no article limit.

In 2026, I'm looking to "put more Ada in the Icon." The Icon needs freelance writers and photographers who live in Ada or have a strong relationship with the community.

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