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By Paula Pyzik Scott

My path regularly crosses with that of Apollo Career Center Superintendent Keith Horner when we attend Ada and Bluffton school board meetings. His invitation to visit the facility was a welcome opportunity to see what draws students from 11 different districts who chose an alternative to traditional high school for their junior and senior years.

As a nod to the Icon reader base, I was given the opportunity to meet Lauren Bowers, a welding student from Bluffton, and Ashley Hevlin, a sports exercise science (SES) student from Ada.

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Are you hosting events in Bluffton during March 2025? Now's the time to send them to [email protected] for placement on our Community Calender.

We also keep track of what brings folks to Bluffton. Here's how 2025 is shaping up so far. View this calendar on the the Classifieds page.

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The Bluffton Icon provides Civic, Community and Worship listings for local entities on the Classifieds page. This week we have expanded the Civic organizations listing, see below. Please contact The Icon at [email protected] for any organization changes in your listing.

BLUFFTON EMS (non-emergency)
Chief Jan Basinger, 419-358-2066 ext. 293, [email protected]

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By Paula Pyzik Scott
Bluffton Icon owner-editor

Here’s a head-scratcher: do Icon readers know the difference between news and advertising? I’ve found myself explaining what’s news and what’s advertising–at least on the pages of the Bluffton Icon and the Ada Icon–several times recently.

While both are posted at the discretion of the publisher, news is provided for the benefit of readers with no financial considerations. The Icon also has a distinctly local focus. For example, you won’t find coverage of the Olympics unless the story has local ties.

Advertising is a service that is purchased by a business, organization or individual. Again, you won’t find ads for Disneyland or diamonds, unless they’re being purchased by a local business or organization.

ICON NEWS

Is focused on information of current interest to the Icon’s target audience, people who live in the Bluffton and Ada areas or who have a special interest in these places, including former residents.

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By Paula Pyzik Scott
Editor of the Bluffton Icon

Can you name the company that is your electric energy supplier?

This past summer I discovered that my participation in the local government aggregation program offered in Bluffton was inadvertently dropped. I wrote about this HERE.

The result of this error was like paying more than a thirteenth electricity bill, as shown by my recent refund.

While all electricity customers in Bluffton have distribution service by American Electric Power (AEP), you can choose a generation company from among a long list found on the Energy Choice Ohio website, you can choose to participate in the Bluffton/Allen County aggregation program or AEP can supply your electric energy at a variable rate.

You could say the aggregation program is an opportunity to have someone else do homework on current rates for you.

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By Paula Pyzik Scott, Bluffton Icon owner-editor

When you look at some Bluffton Icon Google calendar entries, you might think we've forgotten how to spell.

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