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Library board meets Tuesday

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2020 - 1:44pm

The Bluffton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, via video conferencing. To request an invitation for the meeting, please contact Jessica Hermiller, Director, at  [email protected].  

 

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Take a Bluffton summer art walk

Ninth in a series - Klassen Court art focuses on religious themes
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2020 - 1:29pm

Ninth in a series –
More photos at the bottom this story
Summer is a great time to explore the art spread across the Bluffton community – especially for viewers unable to visit art galleries elsewhere in Ohio.

In this weekly series, The Icon features the art created by John Peter Klassen (1888-1975), a long-time Bluffton College art professor, and art by other artists in the community.

For some viewers, this series is familiar. For others, it may be a first-time experience.

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95 football seasons ago at Bluffton College

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2020 - 1:14pm

Here's the Bluffton College football team during the 1925 season. With only four games, the schedule appears overpowering: Ohio Northern University, Findlay, Bowling Green and Defiance.

While Bluffton did not win a game, they stayed very close to each opponent, losing only by 15 points at its widest margin of loss.

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Historical Bluffton
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Jean Ann Szabo was a member of the Bluffton University music faculty from 1965 to 1992

Accompanied many performances of Handel's Messiah; was a Bluffton Lions Club citizen of the year
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 23, 2020 - 7:40pm

Jean Ann Szabo,  93, of Bluffton, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, at Willow Ridge, Bluffton, Ohio.

She was born April 15, 1927, in Findlay, Ohio, to Forrest L. and Joyce V. (Flick) Steinman. The family lived in Jenera, Ohio, and moved to Bluffton in 1935. She married E. James Szabo on Sept. 24, 1949, in Bluffton, and he died in 2010.

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Forgotten Bluffton: How did Bentley Road get its name?

For Thomas Bentley, a farmer south of town who owned 160 acres of land
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 23, 2020 - 2:43pm

Did you ever wonder how Bentley Road was named? Here’s the answer. It was named after land owner, Thomas Bentley, who owned 160 acres south of Bluffton, bordering the road now bearing his name.

His property fronted what is today on the west side of Bentley Road bordering Shifferly and Hillville Road.

The map used with this story shows that Bentley Road on the north side of Bluffton’s Main Street never connected to Bentley Road on the south side of Bluffton. However, at some point both roads took on the Bentley name. 

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The ground floor

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 23, 2020 - 2:19pm

Bluffton's Burger King is history and here's the ground floor under construction at Dunkin' Donuts. The restaurant, under construction at 499 State Route 103, is scheduled for a November opening.

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