Iconoclast View

Told me he wasn't coming to town this year because of covid-19 • ˙He asked me if the Democrats in Bluffton were going to demand a Nov. 3 recount

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Old Man Bluffton Zoomed in with me the other night. He was wearing a Bluffton University sweatshirt.

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"On Aug. 17, 2017, the Bluffton Public Library held a “Great American Solar Eclipse” watch party.

"We passed out special sunglasses for people to watch the eclipse. Dozens of patrons participated in this one-in-a-lifetime event on the library lawn.

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Do you have any idea how exotic this place is, my friend from California demanded?

I suppose I do, I answered in the Ohio fashion, meaning Tell me more, meaning Convince me, meaning No much surprises us.

The back yards all garden and grass, too hot or cold to inhabit most of the year.

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"I had a flashback the other day when driving down Bluffton's Main Street. I was in the Green Hornet (our 1957 Nash) and pulling into the D&E Sinclair station at the corner of Main and College Avenue, where our public library now stands.

As I pulled up to the gas pump, Dean Nonnamaker, with a big smile on his face, ran out to the car before I could roll down the window.

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So what makes us different? What goes on in Bluffton? What doesn't go on in Bluffton, one might ask instead.

In 1956, without an interstate highway, the most direct route from Toledo to Troy went through Bluffton on old U.S. 25, which was Main Street

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On Thanksgiving Day 1956, Elvis Presley performed twice in the Toledo Sports Arena. Two days later he performed at the Troy Hobart Arena, just north of Dayton.

In 1956, without an interstate highway, the most direct route from Toledo to Troy went through Bluffton on old U.S. 25, which was Main Street.

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