Story and video by Donald Ring, Icon intern
Ever have trouble finding the perfect gift for someone impossible to shop for?

Located at 115 S. Main St., Bluffton, Ten Thousand Villages offers an array of jewelry, art, home décor and sculptures crafted by artisans from around the world, offering a little something for everyone.

Aphaphanh Nussbaum, store manager, says Ten Thousand Villages is different from other local retailers as it is “a very mission-based organization.”  

Ben Feller

JB Networks, Inc., of Bluffton has announced the recent addition of Ben Feller of Findlay as a full-time Network Technician.
Feller joins owner Justin Byers, who has been the sole employee since the business began in 2005. Feller is a graduate of Arlington High School and Owen's Community College with a degree in Micro Computer Business Systems.
He will focus on serving the company's residential and commercial customers with computer repair and network troubleshooting.

Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, Bluffton, will hold a "storm recovery sale," Friday and Saturday, July 13-14. Sale hours are Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A printer friendly attachment at the bottom of this story shows sale items.

AEP Ohio has restored power to approximately 98 percent of the approximately 660,000 customers affected by the catastrophic
storm that moved through the state June 29 and the additional customers
who lost power in subsequent storms July 4 and 5.

As of 8 p.m. tonight (July 8), power has been restored to approximately 646,000 of the customers affected by these storms. Approximately 14,000 AEP Ohio customers remain without power tonight.

The majority of the customers still without power are located in the

Columbus, Newark and Athens service areas.

This week's issue of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce e-mail newsletter is now available for Icon viewers. The newsletter is a benefit to chamber members. The Icon shares it with viewers from time to time.

To view the newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story. For information on joining the chamber contact Fred Steiner at [email protected].

Through our continuing rebuilding efforts, AEP Ohio has
restored power to approximately 88 percent of the approximately 660,000 customers affected by the catastrophic storm that moved through the state June 29 and the additional customers who lost power in subsequent storms July 4 and 5.

As of 5:00 p.m. today, power has been restored to approximately 581,000 of the customers affected by these storms. Approximately 79,000 AEP Ohio customers remain without power this afternoon.

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