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8 inches of snow reported for Bluffton (read the fine print)

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 16, 2021 - 11:07am

Lindsay Steiner of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, forwarded this snapshot from a Channel 19 Stormtracker concerning snowfall earlier this week.

Relax. The Bluffton listed at 8.0 inches (so far) is our sister village in Bluffton, Iowa.

We understand a Bluffton, Ohio, rescue unit is on its way with bottled water and propane heaters.

 

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Remember when CKLW was the only station broadcast at the swimming pool?

Rudi Steiner remembers the 1950s
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 15, 2021 - 10:43pm

For more information about "Bluffton Anthology" click here.

Rudi Steiner writes about AM radio and youth in the 1950s - By the late 1950s CKLW-AM 800 (Detroit/Windsor) began developing the Top 40’s programming format that it became famous for in the 1960s.

CKLW AM, a Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate, was loud and slick. Its catchy jingles, 30-second spots and witty commercials were exactly what Bluffton and Midwestern teens wanted to hear.

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Rudi Steiner remembers Bluffton in the 1950s:

On Main Street, or close to it, you could get a flattop or a perm, try on a ladies hat, have your foot X-rayed, pick up a day-old Chicago American newspaper
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 14, 2021 - 10:36pm

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Rudi Steiner remembers Bluffton in the 1950s:
• On Main Street, or close to it, you could get a flattop or a perm,
  try on a ladies hat,
  have your foot X-rayed,
  buy a 3-cent first class stamp,
  purchase a Farmall tractor,
  eat a hamburger,
  open a Christmas savings account,
  put an ad in the Bluffton News,

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­­­­They call the needle Moderna

Everyone could use a little needling now and then. Especially now.
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2021 - 2:22pm

By Fred Steiner
Completing my civic duty, on Friday I had my second appointment with the Needle they call Moderna.­­­  

Was it lovelier the second time around? Emphatically yes.

Everyone could use a little needling now and then. Especially now.

And, everyone who gets the Needle should tell others to get it. That would make the world a better, safer place. So, I’m telling you about it.

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Tobias Buckell on living in Bluffton

"This collection of memories and essays ground us in what was, and that is important"
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 22, 2021 - 10:44pm

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Tobias Buckell on living in Bluffton - I’m a science fiction writer. I’m usually looking toward what things could be. But this collection of memories and essays ground us in what was, and that is important as well.

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Ruth Nayor recalls living next to H.W. and Olga Berky

Housing in Bluffton was incredibly tight. There was nothing to buy or rent
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 18, 2021 - 9:25pm

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Ruth Naylor recalls living on Spring Street - In the late Sixties my husband, Stan, was invited to return and work for the college.

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