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Selected articles from the Icon are included when you use the Google "news" filtering option or news app. You'll find the Icon as well as the Toledo Blade, LimaOhio.com, and other regional news sources when you search for Bluffton, Ohio, news.
In Bluffton you may read the Bluffton Icon and drink it, too. Common Grounds' house blend carries the name Bluffton Icon.
And, now in Ada, you may read the Ada Icon and eat it, too. Bluffton resident Sherry Welch, employee of Northern on Main, Ada's coffee house, holds a tray of Ada's most popular bakery item - newly named the "Ada Icon cinnamon bun."
Naming of the bun commemorates the second anniversary of the Ada Icon's existence. It launched on the Ides of March in 2012.
Bluffton’s next American Red Cross blood drive is from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, March 20, in the new gym at Bluffton High. All donors receive a t-shirt.
To better serve individuals with special circumstances, disabilities, chronic conditions or other healthcare needs throughout the county, Allen County Public Health recently implemented a Functional Needs Registry system. Ready Allen County is an online, web-based survey tool that allows residents to register if they have an access or functional need, or may have difficulty during an evacuation because of physical or cognitive limitations, language barriers or lack of transportation that may prevent them from safely evacuating or relocating during a disaster or other emergency.
It's another great benefit of being a member of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. The chamber is provide its members with free one-on-one social media consultations this spring.
Vicky Myers, Bluffton University intern with the chamber and Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs, provided a workshop on Pinterest, Facebook and LinkedIn following the March 14 chamber breakfast.
