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Remembering the singular Grateful Red

Posted by Staff on June 10, 2024 - 6:00am

Above) Bill Walton as a Portland Trailblazer in 1976-77; the team came back from a 2-0 finals deficit to beat the favored Philadelphia 76ers.

A Bill Walton retrospective on CelticsBlog.com

By Professor Parquet / Cort Reynolds

Bill Walton was the quintessential southern California baby boomer turned flower child.

No one or five articles can adequately describe the multi-layered personality of Big Bill. He was the rare great athlete who transcended his sport.

Armed with boundless energy and enthusiasm, he was a fierce Vietnam War protestor, a political champion of minorities and underdogs, even though he suffered from a severe stuttering problem. Walton was a serious bicyclist and a renowned music lover, especially of his favorite band, the Grateful Dead.

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BACC podcast spotlights Sanctuary Housing on Elm St.

Posted by Staff on June 9, 2024 - 6:43am

 Local Voices Bluffton. is hosted by Sam Sprunger of Lounge Media Group and Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce Director Jim Enneking. Visit the PODCAST page for a full list of episodes.

In the June 6 editor of Local Voices Bluffton, Sam Sprunger and Jim Enneking have a conversation with Jessica Meyer, co-owner of Sanctuary Housing, currently under development at 104 E. Elm St.

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Business
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On a Festival of Wheels tangent: 1888 view of Jackson and Grove

Posted by Paula Scott on June 9, 2024 - 6:00am

Browsing BlufftonForever.com for stories connected to the theme of Bluffton's Festival of Wheels--which is headed our way on Friday, June 14--this horse and wagon wheels image made us say "Whoa!"

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Barns, wooden fences and empty lots were all that occupied the neighborhood of Jackson and Grove streets in 1888, when this picture was taken.

Handling the powerful rig in the photo were Peter Diller (left) and Albert E. Lugibill, in the fancy striped coat on the right. The horses are a pair of Percherons owned by Bucher Brothers, taken around for stud services.

From a note on the back of the photo, written in 1959, we learn the following: The house in the left background is now occupied by Mrs. Addie Graber. Looking east, the photo was taken from the corner now occupied by the Paul Clark residence.

Read the whole story at 135 years ago, this was the Jackson-Grove intersection of Bluffton

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Historical Bluffton
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June 10 Special Council meeting on Safety Services funding ballot proposal

Posted by Paula Scott on June 9, 2024 - 6:00am

The Village of Bluffton council will host two public meetings regarding a proposed funding increase and Nov. 5 ballot issue for Safety Services. The meetings will be held on Monday, June 10 at 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bluffton EMS building, 118 Washington St. 

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Hearth cooking is focus of June 8 historical event

Posted by Paula Scott on June 8, 2024 - 7:22am

See Heritage Center construction--the conversion of a Swiss Settlement barn--in progress

June 8 from 1:00-4:00 p.m., at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd.

On "Second Saturdays" from June-August, the Schumacher Homestead will be open for special activities and tours of the the air-conditioned farmhouse, as well as the summer kitchen, garden, workshop and barn. Cost: $5 for adults.

On June 8 from 1:00-4:00 p.m., Van Risser will demonstrate and share examples of hearth cooking. During the early years Swiss Settlement cooks used a back fire and pulled hot coals forward under a cast iron pot.

During that time period, cooks needed to control their fire and plan what kind of heat was needed for different tasks—roasting, boiling, frying, stewing, heating water for washing, etc. A steady supply of firewood was essential and was probably logged, cut up, and carried into the house by the men and boys.

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Events
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Bluffton Council to hold regular and special meetings on June 10

Posted by Staff on June 8, 2024 - 7:02am

On Monday, June 10, at 6:00 p.m. Village council will hold a special public meeting to discuss new funding for Bluffton Safety Services followed by the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting. Both will take place at the EMS building, 115 E. Washington St.

Special meeting provides opportunity for public comment and questions

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Village of Bluffton Council has provided the attached preliminary agenda and packet for a regular meeting on Monday, June 10.

Legislation includes:

Second readings of a resolution and an ordinance in support of new funding for Viilage Safety Services.

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Public Meetings
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