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Zoom in on Tuesday to hear about "Bluffton Anthology"

Public Library program at 6:30 p.m. presented by Fred and Rudi Steiner
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2020 - 4:07pm

Icon viewers are invited to a Bluffton Public Library Zoom presentation at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 22, to hear some of the stories published in “Bluffton Anthology – A Creek Runs Through It” essays on a small Ohio town collected by Fred Steiner.

Steiner and his brother, Rudi, will talk about how the book was created. To watch the program email the library for a login at: [email protected] anytime between now and 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Bluffton Public Library
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4-day in-learning schedule to continue

And, Fridays as a remote learning day for all students in third 9-weeks
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2020 - 2:55pm

Bluffton schools will continue with its four-day in-learning schedule through March 26. The announcement was made on the school website by Greg Denecker, superintendent. Click here to read the entire announcement.

A portion of the announcement follows:
First, I want to thank you for all you have done to make our first half of the school year go as smoothly as possible. 

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Regional news
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3 lights in the windows

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2020 - 2:43pm

In the Icon's holiday nighttime window shopping walk in downtown Bluffton, we came across three brightly-lighted trees in windows facing Main Street in Bluffton High School.

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Main Street Bluffton 1958-59

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2020 - 11:46am

Did you know that in 1958-59 there was a hotel on the second floor of what is today Reichenbach Steiner CPA?

That's where the "Hotel" sign hangs in this Main Street photo from six decades ago.

We'll allow your mind to wonder up and down Main Street as you check out this photo.

It looks like a 1955 Mercury is parked along the street. We'll consider that every vehicle in the photo was a V-8 lead-gas-only gas gussler.

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Historical Bluffton
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Letter from Mayor Johnson: It has been a very challenging and interesting year

2021 is right around the corner and the village is optimistic and hopeful that we will continue to make Bluffton successful and prosperous.
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2020 - 9:35am

To each and every one of you in the Village of Bluffton:

Here we are almost in the end of 2020. It has been a very challenging and interesting year to say the least. No matter what each of us faced in our personal lives or professionals lives, basically covid-19 consumed our lives, for the majority of 2020. I believe I can speak for most, to say this was something never experienced in our lifetime, and never want to experience again.

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Letters
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Watch the "Great Conjunction" tonight

Jupiter and Saturn will be easy to see with the unaided eye by looking toward the southwest just after sunset
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2020 - 8:43am

FROM NASA - Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat tonight, Dec. 21.

What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky over the next two weeks as the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn come together, culminating on the night of Monday, Dec. 21.

In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope to the night sky, discovering the four moons of Jupiter – Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

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