The transformation of a very old Bluffton resident is underway this month as improvements continue to make the former glove factory shine like new. Once the transformation is complete, the Et Cetera Shop, at 111 S. Main St., will make the building its new home.
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.
At the year’s mid-point, Bluffton council reviewed its 2019 capital improvement budget.
The review took place during the July 8 council meeting. A copy of the budget is at the bottom of this story.
New projects on this year’s budget total $2.6 million. The major projects include:
• $827,341 East Jefferson Street reconstructions
• $113,200 East Jefferson Street water/sewer improvements (from Main to Vance)
• $137,000 Village communications update
• $353,2723 East Jefferson Street water/sewer improvements (from Huber to County Line)
Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University Healthwise Pharmacy.
Summer brings plenty of fun activities to enjoy outside, but without the proper precautions and first-aid knowledge, the heat can mean serious trouble.
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.
