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Bluffton Soccer Club has announced opening of registration for Spring 2025 youth soccer. The registration deadline is January 31.

The club includes teams for players with birth years 2010-2018. Teams range from U8-U15.

Each age group has recreational as well as travel teams. Registration options include

RECREATIONAL

- Spring Rec Coach, for adults interested in volunteering

- Spring Rec Player

 

TRAVEL

- Spring Travel Coach, for adults interested in volunteering

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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

Three Bluffton shops owned by the non-profit organization Et Cetera Shop, Inc. have been in the news throughout 2024. The organization celebrated its 50th anniversary with a series of events that celebrated and highlighted work supported by six area churches and over 100 volunteers at Book Reviews, Et Cetera Shop and Ten Thousand Villages.

The Et Cetera Shop board has also provided the following details on “where the money goes” in and beyond Bluffton. The board is currently comprised of Lori Nester, Beverly Armstrong, Nancy Neff, Tim Byers, Carolyn McDaniel, Linda Nelson, George Lehman and Dick McGarrity.

A percentage is designated by the board to be “tithed” for local efforts to combat the effects of poverty. This year, $6,000 was donated to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program as well as the benevolent funds of the supporting churches, which include English Lutheran, Bluffton Presbyterian, First Mennonite, Grace Mennonite, Lima Mennonite and Salem Mennonite.

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The Village of Bluffton has announced the following public meeting to be held at Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main St.

- Parks & Recreation Committee on Thursday, January 9 at 5:30 p.m.   

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Bluffton High School will host a Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, January 9. To schedule an appointment or find other nearby events, visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=45817

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Provided by Scott Little, Bluffton Ohio Historical Society secretary

The January meeting of the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will be Wednesday, January 8, 2025 in the History Room on the main floor of the Bluffton Public Library at 7:00 p.m. 

Agenda items include our first Show & Tell, Part 1 set for Wednesday, January 15, in the basement Community Room at the library at 6:00 p.m, and goal setting for 2025 and beyond. 

The meeting is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.

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