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Signs of the time

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 22, 2020 - 2:54pm

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce has installed several directional signs in the community this fall. These point to the downtown retail area, where to park and, at the edge of town near the interstate, directions on where to shop and dine, Bluffton University, Bluffton Hospital and Bluffton Family Recreation.

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In Bluffton everyone loves a good lie, with a twist of fabrication

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 22, 2020 - 2:51pm

In Bluffton everyone loves a good lie, with a twist of fabrication and a bit of exaggeration told by someone who can pull it off successfully. 

Bluffton Anthology is not a book about Bluffton lies or Bluffton hearsay.  

All the stories really happened. Some are remembered correctly and some are remembered as we wished they happened. 

It took seven years but we checked the facts and got everything right – at least we think we so. The big question we ask ourselves would this book pass the Chuck Hilty, Dick Jordan and Sam Dilller test?

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Forgotten Bluffton: The Bixel family's goats

Gordon was an optometrist here from the 1930s to 1960s
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 22, 2020 - 2:40pm

Note: Have you ever wonder why Bluffton has so many large old "garages" in some of the older neighborhoods? The reason is that these building housed a range of animals from horses, cows, chickens and even goats. This story is about one family and their goats.

Before there was a Dr. Alan Yoder, optometrist, in Bluffton, there was a Dr. Gordon Bixel, optometrist.

His tenure checking Bluffton’s eye dated back to the 1930s all the way to his retirement in the mid-1960s.

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Icon music review - My Gift - Carrie Underwood

A few tunes on My Gift are worth listening to while preparing dinner for the family. But one can skip buying it
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 22, 2020 - 2:28pm

Reviewed by Craig Hoffman
American country music singer Carrie Underwood is out with My Gift. This is her seventh album and first Christmas-themed effort. Underwood won the fourth season of American Idol in 2005.

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Blanchard Valley Health System names new president and CEO

Myron Lewis assumes role in January
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 22, 2020 - 2:01pm

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) announced that Myron D. Lewis will become its next President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Lewis will start on Jan.11, 2021. Until then, BVHS will continue to be led by Scott Malaney, current president and CEO.

Lewis is currently the Spectrum Health Southwest Regional Market Leader, the president at Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital (SHZCH) and the vice president of radiology services for the health system.

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Men aren’t the only story tellers in Bluffton Anthology

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 21, 2020 - 5:39pm

Men aren’t the only story tellers in Bluffton Anthology.

Joanne Niswander tells what it was like growing up on a farm with her big brother Norman Vercler.  Norm could diagnose broken TVs, radios and even broken bones. She also tells what we didn’t know about him.

Ruth Naylor relates her experiences as a Bluffton student and a teacher with some surprising and humorous classroom distractions.

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