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Forgotten Bluffton: Who collected all those mayor photos?

Answer found in a 1950 Bluffton News
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 21, 2021 - 2:36pm

An email from Jan Emmert prompted this column on Bluffton mayors.

Prior to the town hall’s renovation in 2008, there existed a huge framed collection of Bluffton mayor photos. It covered an entire wall. 

Every Bluffton mayor’s photograph from its founding in 1861 made up this unusual collection. Today the photos are in two frames on the second floor lobby outside the police department.

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Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset

These mindsets are based on our perception and response to failure and challenging tasks
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 11:45am

By Amelia Alexander
As I promised in an earlier article, I’m writing an article about the growth mindset. In school, I learned about this mindset, and it has given me some perspective.  

This may be oversimplified, so be sure to take what I say with a grain of salt.  

There are two different mindsets. The growth mindset and the fixed mindset. These mindsets are based on our perception and response to failure and challenging tasks.

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John Ulrich Amstutz, an early entrepreneur

Our Swiss connection - part 18
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 6:38am

This is the 18th installment in this series. See the map of the Amstutz farm at the bottom of this story. Click here for the previous installment.

This column features one of the most interesting Bluffton-Pandora area Swiss immigrants, John Ulrich Amstutz, and this column is a continuation of last week's feature.

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Icon music review: Top 7 songs about the Buckeye State

How many can you name without reading this column?
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 12, 2021 - 6:43am

Reviewed by Craig Hoffman 
Ohio is famous for the first man on the moon, the Wright Brothers, and great musicians. Of course, this is a music column, so here are the best songs about the Buckeye State! Have you heard them all? 

“Beautiful Ohio”- Ballard MacDonald
No list of songs about Ohio would be completed without the official state song. This song was originally a waltz. The Ohio State Fair Band starts every performance with this tune. It was also part of Jo Stafford’s Do I hear a Waltz? in 1966.

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John Ulrich Amstutz and Katharina Amstutz

Our Swiss connection - part 17
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 11, 2021 - 6:48am

This is the 17th installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.
This column’s focus is on John Ulrich Amstutz, a farmer and tradesman, whose farm was located on the south side of the Allen-Putnam County Line Road, just east of where the Suter Morning Star Cider Press is today.

On his farm, John U. had a jewelry shop, clock shop, cider press, cane press for sorghum and a machine shop. He was also an undertaker and made over 400 coffins in 43 years.

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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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