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Not again!

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 10, 2021 - 2:44pm

The falls of Bluffton made its annual one-day appearance over the weekend. The water here flows from the Big Riley into the Buckeye. Fortunately the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club trout derby was last weekend. The dike between the creek and the Buckeye was reinforced earlier this year. In a few days we'll see how well it withstood this water force.

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Blue ribbons, red ribbons and white ribbons

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 10, 2021 - 2:04pm

It's Founders Hall at Bluffton College in the 1950s. You are viewing the Bluffton Men's Garden Club annual flower show. If you look close enough Kermit Herr is probably somewhere in the crowd.

During its day, this annual show could rival the entries in the Allen County Fair flower show.

Paul Diller took this photo and Jim Diller shares it with the Icon.

Several things to notice, changed from today:

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Historical Bluffton
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Bluffton's motherlode

Thoughts on Mother's Day from a very, very long time ago
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2021 - 9:02pm

This is an essay by Fred Steiner published in Bluffton Anthology. For more information about the book click here.

It’s difficult to count how many mothers have touched one’s life. Go ahead. Try counting.

Being Mother’s Day weekend, I’ll make a feeble attempt to demonstrate what I mean. My account could be the same as your account. Only the names would change.

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Iconoclast View
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Forgotten Bluffton: An artist's drawing of the village 60 years ago

Who would have imagined the growth of the village since that time?
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2021 - 7:21pm

What did Bluffton look like 60 years ago?

An artist’s rendition from 1961 examines that question more closely.

If you think nothing changes in Bluffton, think again. Here’s a bird’s-eye-view of Bluffton created 60 years ago, during the 1961 Bluffton centennial.

It shows the configuration of the village at that time.

The centennial committee also added the location of Bluffton’s first school house, a log grist mill, DeFord’s mill and the Townsend mill, which were among highlights of a centennial history tour.

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Columnists
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Made in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2021 - 1:39pm

Students in Todd Boblitt’s Bluffton High School Civil Engineering and Architecture class are installing a 12- by 16-foot storage building that class members designed. The building will be used to store equipment near the Ricky Matter Center. The class hand sketched ideas, designed the structure, 3D modeled, ran a cost analysis, surveyed the land, and is now constructing the shed. The shed is framed and members will continue finishing it over the next couple weeks. (Photos from BlufftonPirates.com Facebook)

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Bluffton school update

Graduation at Harmon Field on Saturday, May 29
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2021 - 1:26pm

By Greg Denecker
Bluffton school superintendent
Note: This is from the spring school district newsletter
As we approach the end of our very different school year, I want to wish a huge congratulations to the Class of 2021.

Obviously, the end of their junior year and their senior year (as a whole) has not been normal, but they have been resilient and flexible in facing the challenges brought on by the pandemic.

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Regional news
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