If you’ve ever needed a wanted poster with your photo on it, Saturday is your chance to fulfill this unusual dream.
One feature of Bluffton History Day on Saturday, Aug. 12, is the availability of a print-on-site Dillinger wanted poster with your photo printed on it.
(If our Googling is correct) this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly is enjoying a buffet among the echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower) of a Bluffton garden. The gorgeous creature fluttered away at first sight of our photographer, but fluttered back to enjoy a long drink.
The August 8 Special Election had a higher than expected turnout across the state of Ohio. The unofficial results, with a total of 3,059,440 votes cast, are a rejection of State Issue 1 “Elevating the Standards to Qualify for an Initiated Constitutional Amendment and to Pass a Constitutional Amendment.” Votes reported by the Ohio Secretary of State are:
YES - 1,315,346 - 42.99%
NO - 1,744,094 - 57.01%
Bluffton polling place manager Edna Conkling told the Icon that “it was very busy, very surprising. They did not expect us to have this many votes.” All Bluffton precincts had to have an additional supply of ballots provided.
After the polls closed at 7:30 p.m., Bluffton poll workers reported 1,069 in person votes plus 15 provisional votes.
Watching a massive excavator dig the basement for the new Heritage Center at the Schumacher Homestead, the question soon arises, “how long did it take to dig a cellar by hand in the mid 1800s?” Soil sifts down from the moving bucket but it is also heavy with limestone chunks. The operator smiles and compares it to “taking apart a mountain.”
Shannon Theatre will give a free 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, showing of the 2009 film “Public Enemies” starring Johnny Depp.
The free matinee is part of the Bluffton History Day events, recalling the 90th anniversary of John Dillinger’s 1933 robbery of Citizens National Bank of Bluffton. Dillinger robbed the Bluffton bank at noon on Aug. 14, 1933, escaping with $2,100.
