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New Leaf can solve your Mother's Day problems

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 3, 2021 - 10:44am

New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, has many Mother's Day gift ideas.

These range from gift certificates, to flowering hanging baskets, trees and much more.

Ada store hours are:
Mondays to Fridays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sundays: Noon to 4 p.m.
419-634-0351
Click the box below for New Leaf website

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Business
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What's for lunch in May?

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 3, 2021 - 10:35am

Bluffton schools recently posted the school menu for May. Click here to see it.

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Regional news
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This was at one time Bluffton's largest employer

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 3, 2021 - 9:25am

When this photo was taken, the Triplett Corp. was Bluffton's largest employer. Here are two photos of the plant located along Harmon Road, which is today owned by Diamond Manufacturing.

Several sections, including the front office no long exists.

The aeral view was taken in 1936. A closer look above the treetops reveals the English Lutheran church steeple and the Bluffton elementary belfry. The large smokestack in the center of the skyline in the 1911 Bluffton High School building,
 

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Historical Bluffton
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Forgotten Bluffton: What's the story of the Bluffton hospital?

Its founding goes back more than 110 years
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2021 - 1:28pm

Today, we take for granted that Bluffton has a hospital. Not every rural community, however, has one. What is the story behind how the hospital came into existence?

That story follows:

In February 1908 a stock company, incorporated for $20,000, was organized in Bluffton for the purpose of established a local sanitarium.

The home of Dr. J.J. Sutter, remodeled the previous year, was chosen for the sanitarium.

It was located on the northeastern corner of East College Avenue and Main Street, today the site of the Bluffton Public Library.

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Columnists
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Morning stroll

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2021 - 1:15pm

Bluffton has several off-road options for walkers. One of the popular spots is the Triplett Bikepath along the National Quarry, where this Icon spotted this resident taking a spring morning stroll.

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Large three-phase solar project underway near McGuffey

Power generating facility of up to 300 megawatts
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2021 - 1:09pm

FROM ADA ICON - Erin Saal, associate renewable development staff member for Invenergy, updated Ada chamber members in late March on the Hardin Solar Development project in the McGuffey area.

“The project is a solar power generation facility of up to 300 megawatts (MW), targeted to begin operating in 2023," she said.

"Solar technology uses the sun to deliver energy and is now one of the lowest-cost energy sources available,” she said.

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