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Forgotten Bluffton: Newspaper "locals"

They shared everything and bared nothing
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 21, 2021 - 1:39pm

“Locals” is a lost written art form. Bluffton has had its share of locals (short neighborhood news items), published for years in the Bluffton News.

Here’s how it worked: Imagine no internet (nor Facebook or every other conceivable social media), television, radio or even telephones.

We’ve now backed into the end of an earlier Bluffton century. Here we find Bluffton’s favorite source of information as its weekly newspaper. Local were a significant part of the paper, as you will soon discover.

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Remembering Bill Ramseyer

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 20, 2021 - 11:10am

The following account of Bill Ramseyer who died Feb. 18, 2021, is provided by family members. Click here for his obituary.

• Click here to read a column posted on The News Journal, Wilmington.

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Icon muisic review: Medicine At Midnight - Foo Fighters

Does it get any better than Foo Fighters? Hit after hit, these songs distract from life’s problems.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 18, 2021 - 2:55pm

Reviewed by Craig Hoffman 
Medicine at Midnight is the tenth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters. Scheduled for 2020, the album was delayed to February 5, 2021 due to the pandemic. Three singles were released ahead of the album: “Shame Shame,” “No Son of Mine,” and "Waiting on a War.”

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Christian, Sr., and Anna Burkhalter Amstutz

Our Swiss connection - part 14
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 18, 2021 - 6:09am

This is the 14th installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.

A word about this series: 
Several viewers inquire about the sources of material in these columns. Here is the answer.

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On civil discourse

It is important to humbly remember that our opinions are not universal truth
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 15, 2021 - 12:27pm

By Amelia Alexander
This morning I went downstairs and made my breakfast smoothie like I do every day. I sit down and eat breakfast with my parents on the weekends because we do not usually have anywhere to rush off to.

We talk about our plans for the day, or whatever is on our hearts. Sometimes, we immerse ourselves in some of the most high-minded conversations of my life. We talk about religion, philosophy, politics, celebrities, etc. There aren’t really any limits when it comes to our discourse.  

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Forgotten Bluffton: The story of the 1933 BHS addition

When opened, it attached to the original Bluffton HS building built in 1911
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2021 - 1:10pm

Depending upon when you attended Bluffton High School, the building on the corner of Main and College is either the “old” section or the “new” section. The dividing line between old and new falls in the mid-1980s.

In the 1980s, a building constructed in 1911 was razed and a new addition was built in its place. That new addition connects to another addition, constructed in 1933.

And, for decades and decades, we’ve never given much thought to what the 1933 addition meant to the community.

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