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Next week is fair trade program; Symphony quartet comes to Storytime Nov. 5

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Two programs of special interest to patrons is on the Bluffton Public Library calendar in the next few weeks.

Fair Trade Month event
In honor of Fair Trade Month, Bluffton Public Library will show a Fair Trade Webinar discussing how to communicate with others about fair trade ideas and their importance.

This video chat style presentation is at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday,  Oct. 23. It is titled: “Telling Authentic Fair Trade Stories.”

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Dennis Morrison captured this impressive sunset earlier this week. There's something about a season-changing sunset that causes you to pause and enjoy. Click here for an early-morning fog photos by Jamie Nygaard.

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Change of seasons usually brings out interesting outdoor photo possibilities. Here's on example of an early-morning fog on the Buckeye. Click here for a Dennis Morrison Bluffton sunset image. (Jamie Nygaard photo)

AEP expects power to be off from 5 to 10 minutes

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Attention AEP customers: Expect a 5- to 10-minute power outage tonight at approximately 11 p.m.

The Village of Bluffton was notifed of the anticipated outage shortly after noon today.

Richard D. Doughtery of AEP, sent the village the following message:

"I wanted to let you know that an unexpected urgent situation has been discovered with the transmission line serving the Bluffton substation. 

"A  5- to 10-minute outage will take place close to 11 p.m. tonight, (Friday, Oct. 19). 

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Out goes the candle in a Halloween song. In the next photo students go through some Halloween motions. The Icon photographed students in Mrs. Steiner's Developmental Kindergarten class during an elementary music class. Laura Ayers, a music education major at Ohio Northern University, is the student teacher, working with Alice Basinger.

Three of the industry's early leaders return for a visit

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MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM -
Prior to 1987 it was a farmer’s field. Then DTR arrived.

Larry Core, retired Bluffton village administrator, remembers it this way: “It was biggest thing that will ever happen in my life.”

“It” was the Village of Bluffton’s success in attracting what was DTR, and is today SumiRiko Ohio, manufacturer of vehicle engine mounts, which employees approximately 770 associates working three shifts.

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