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No plate is an island

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2011 - 3:37pm

Here's an island you don't see often in these parts. The Icon spotted this Rhode Island plate in the BHS parking lot.

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Certified

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2011 - 4:35pm

Jen is a certified public accountant. That much we can guess. The Icon spotted this plate in the village parking lot on the east side of Main.

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Latest flood damage in monetary figures: $179,400

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2011 - 4:30pm
Dumpsters on Cherry Street show the results of flooding

Bluffton's Feb. 28 flood damages are estimated at $179,400, according to Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief. It is likely that the figure will climb.

Skilliter released additional figures for the response to the flooding:
o Village General Fund Expenditures (payroll, supplies, dumpsters) - $3,707.96
o Total sandbags generated - 2,354
o Volunteers (making sandbags, feeding assistance) - 182 (average 2 hours of work per person) = 364 hrs

Donations and contributions

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Local group interested in making a community park out of the cemetery on Jefferson Street

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2011 - 4:23pm
The original village cemetery on Jefferson Street

A group of historical-minded Bluffton residents is contacting family members who may have ancestors buried in an old Bluffton cemetery.

"We want to contact all possible heirs and share with them what our hopes and desires are for what is known as the Shannon Cemetery on Bluffton's Jefferson Street," said Dick Boehr, who is spearheading the committee.

According to Boehr, the plan is to create a very nice park area, which could be maintained and would have an identification plaque, which would list as many people as can be verified, who were buried in the cemetery.

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So far we've dodged the flooding bullet

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2011 - 11:44am

SUNDAY - 8:30 A.M. UPDATE

Suddenly it's winter again. The warm temperatures that melted all the snow last week melted again themselves. On Saturday evening snow started falling. Water on the Riley has receded from Saturday's high marks. As viewers go out today check where the snow stops along the creek bank to observe the highest flood level.

SATURDAY - 8:30 P.M. UPDATE

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90 percent of hospital drywall hung in operation rooms

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2011 - 8:45am

Lots of construction work is planned next week at Bluffton Hospital. Here's a report:

Last week we were able to get the first layer of wood on the canopy so that field measuring can now take place for the exterior finish material this week. The underside of the canopy saw great strides toward completion with the fire sprinkler and metal studding in the finishing stage.

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