Bluffton author Fred Steiner will lead a discussion on “Making It a Book” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in an online program hosted by the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE).
Steiner will walk through the process of self publishing from manuscript to printed copies. After a 30-minute interview is recorded for YouTube, Steiner will take questions from online guests.
Liz Gordon-Hancock shares this photo with Icon viewers. She found it ebay.
If you think Bluffton parades are well attended today, look at this photo showing an early 1900s parade. The crowd is four people deep on one side and even more crowded on the other side.
We don’t know the purpose or exact year of this parade, however here are some observations.
You don’t have to be a movie expert to enter the Icon’s Golden Globe Awards contest.
Of course, it helps if you are, but the contest includes multiple-choice questions and that evens the playing field as much as we can tilt it in each contestant’s favor.
“Locals” is a lost written art form. Bluffton has had its share of locals (short neighborhood news items), published for years in the Bluffton News.
Here’s how it worked: Imagine no internet (nor Facebook or every other conceivable social media), television, radio or even telephones.
We’ve now backed into the end of an earlier Bluffton century. Here we find Bluffton’s favorite source of information as its weekly newspaper. Local were a significant part of the paper, as you will soon discover.
Bluffton school board will act on offering supplemental contracts to spring and some fall athletic coaches when it meets on Monday.
The list of contracts is at the bottom of this story.
Other action includes approving the amounts and rates required from property taxes, already approved by the Allen County budget commission and Allen County auditor’s estimated tax rates.
Several additional items are on Monday’s agenda and the agenda is attached at the bottom of this story.
Click here to read a column "Remembering Bill Ramseyer."
Glen William “Bill” Ramseyer of Bluffton, died on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, after suffering a cardiac event two days earlier.
Bill was born Nov. 29, 1936, in Columbus, Ohio, to Lloyd and Ferne Ramseyer. His older brother Bob (Alice Ruth) preceded him in death. His sister, Mary Jean Wells (Bob), survives him.
Five Bluffton High School artists had works accepted in the Lima ArtSpace Kewpee Art Invitational currently on exhibit in Lima. The show runs through Feb. 27. Vickie Garmon is the BHS art teacher.
Bluffton artists include:
Bella Angel - Painting
Anna Edwards - Painting
Riley Pearson - Printmaking
(she received a 1st place award)
Angie Brown - Sculpture
Amber Boop - Drawing (primacolor)
