Maple Crest resident JoAnn Hilty may not have worked her fingers to the bone, but she does have a few bumps on them from years of “knotting” comforters. A talented quilter and flower arranger, Hilty is a Pandora “city girl” who moved with her husband to a dairy farm near Bluffton at age 18.
“I didn’t know a thing about farming,” Hilty laughed, “but I found out soon enough why Arthur was always late for our dates. Farming is hard work. There were cows to milk, calves to feed and chores to finish.”
If you watched the Today Show this morning, you might have caught two familiar faces.
Jerry and Julia Szabo of Bluffton were among the new year's eve morning throng awaiting to be panned by the NBC cameras. Jerry informed the Icon earlier this week of their plan. He said that he and Julia hoped to be in line at the NBC studio by 5 a.m.
Looks like they made it.
Asked if we should watch for them in Times Square when the ball drops, he replied: "No way." Adding that most of those people show up around noon.
The Icon opened its Christmas vault. Out dropped Christmas thoughts from Bluffton second graders in Bev Stockman's class from 2009. We hope you enjoy the following:
With the razing of Lincoln Hall on the Bluffton University campus, the Icon invites viewers who lived there to offer some stories or recollections. Send to: [email protected]. Here are four:
I lived in Lincoln Hall my first year as a freshman 1971 and as a senior in 1975. Even when it was known as a rather dirty, loud, study free dorm. It was always so centrally located on campus and was the closest dormitory to the gymnasiums.
