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On International Women's Day

It's worth noting who is running the store on Bluffton's Main Street
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2021 - 3:03pm

You’d never know it, but once upon a time it was called the Bluffton Business Men’s Association.

The title changed over the years and today, it’s not your grandfather, dad, brother or uncle running the downtown store. It’s your grandmother, mother, sister or aunt.

The Icon recognizes International Women’s Day, today, March 8, and the leadership roles of women in Bluffton, on Main Street and in other communty leadership roles. 

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­­­­They call the needle Moderna

Everyone could use a little needling now and then. Especially now.
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2021 - 2:22pm

By Fred Steiner
Completing my civic duty, on Friday I had my second appointment with the Needle they call Moderna.­­­  

Was it lovelier the second time around? Emphatically yes.

Everyone could use a little needling now and then. Especially now.

And, everyone who gets the Needle should tell others to get it. That would make the world a better, safer place. So, I’m telling you about it.

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Kindergarten screen set for April

For student who will be 5 by Aug. 1
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2021 - 1:36pm

Bluffton schools remind parents of next year's Kindergarteners that it is time to register those students.

Here's the details:

It’s time to think about Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year.  Any child who will be 5 by Aug. 1, 2021, is eligible to enroll. Screening takes place Monday and Tuesday, April 19 and 20.

In order to develop a kindergarten mailing list, contact the elementary office at 419-358-7951. 

The school needs the following: 
child’s name 
birth date 
parents’ names 
address
phone number 

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Regional news
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West College Avenue bridge ribbon cutting?

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2021 - 11:44am

Here’s a Bluffton ribbon-cutting photo without any information, but we are working on a theory and we are checking it out with our esteemed list of Bluffton history fact-checkers, so stay tuned.

Jim Diller provided this photo, taken by his father, Paul Diller.

Our guess is this is 1960, based on the yellow-orange license plate on a Chevy station wagon. The tan and white car is a 1959 Pontiac.

The persons we’ve identified from left are William “Kaiser” Gaiffe, Clayton Bixel, _____, _____, Wilbur Amstutz (he was mayor from 1960-65), ___, ___, ___.

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Historical Bluffton
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Icon book review: The Great Influenza Of 1918

This book is about the heroes who worked tirelessly in labs and in the field to try to find a cure, or even better, a vaccine
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2021 - 8:15pm

Review by Robert McCool
This is a big book on a big topic. 745 pages plus 181 pages (large print) of references and bibliography covering two years of research and attempts for a cure to the worst pandemic we've ever had.

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Forgotten Bluffton: Our oldest living resident resides in Maple Grove

It’s birth occurred the same decade that Bach composed the Brandenburg Concertos, Russia’s Peter the Great ruled, Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels, and Europe explorers discovered Easter Island
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2021 - 1:40pm

Note: This is the 30th column in this series. For an index and link to the previous Forgotten Bluffton column go to the bottom of this story.

Q: What is the oldest living object in Bluffton?

Hint: It’s birth occurred the same decade that Bach composed the Brandenburg Concertos, Russia’s Peter the Great ruled, Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels, and Europe explorers discovered Easter Island.

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