Not Keys’ finest work by any stretch of the imagination. Still, there are enough good tunes and her smooth vocals to recommend it.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 28, 2020 - 9:11am
Reviewed By Craig Hoffman
American singer-songwriter and actress Alicia Keys is out with her seventh studio album Alicia (stylized all caps) in 2020. This comes after a number of delays due to COVID-19. Keys has received numerous awards in her fantastic career, including 15 (competitive) Grammy Awards.
The artist was the host for the Awards show in 2019 becoming the first woman in 15 years to do so. She repeated the feat in 2020 in addition to singing a soulful tribute to the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 27, 2020 - 6:54pm
Laykin Garmatter was crowned the 2020 Bluffton HS homecoming queen and Tré Bender, king, in a pre-game homecoming ceremony Friday night at Harmon Field. Other seniors on the homecoming were were Bella Basinger,Julia Smallcombe, Grant Klinger and Simon Derstine. Click here for the entire homecoming court list. (Jamie Nygaard photo)
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 27, 2020 - 3:21pm
Ribbon-cutting video is
at the bottom of this story –
The Sept. 14 dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for the newest extension of the Lions Way bike and pedestrian pathway can now be viewed on the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce YouTube channel.
[https://youtu.be/w-pVyQWnOLE]
Bluffton Lions Foundation president Dick Ramseyer is emcee for the program, which includes:
•Invocation by Rev. Jeremy Mann of the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association
It called Bluffton students to school from 1884 to 1954
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 27, 2020 - 2:15pm
What’s the story of the bell located near the entrance of the middle school?
A close examination of it reveals it was made at the Buckeye Bell Foundry in 1884 by the firm of Vanduzen and Tift of Cincinnati.
It was originally housed in the belfry of an 1875-constructed three-story Victorian school building on Jackson Street. The doors to that building faced Church Street, just as the elementary building doors to today. (see photos below)
Partner in Reistman's store, worked at the library, managed hospital gift shop
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 25, 2020 - 2:14pm
Anna Ruth Reichenbach, 95, died Sept. 24, 2020, at Lima Memorial Health System. Anna Ruth was born April 27, 1925, in rural Pandora to the late Albert and Pauline (Zimmerly) Lehman. On April 16, 1949, she married Dale Reichenbach who preceded her in death on March 11, 2005.
Cars and coffee, farmers market and Discovery Day with 12 businesses supplying prizes
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 25, 2020 - 1:30pm
A fall-themed Discovery Day with prize drawings and a business decorating contest will be hosted by Bluffton merchants on Saturday, Sept. 26.
It also hosts a Saturday morning Cars & Coffee gathering and farmers market.
Nearby, Suter’s Produce has opened their seasonal corn maze, hayride shuttle service to sunflower and pumpkin patches, and cider press shop.
“Bluffton isn’t hosting the annual fall fest this year, but there are fun opportunities in and near the village,” said Paula Scott, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce CEO.