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A "Mrs." McGregor's garden story - complete with rabbits

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2010 - 5:39pm

By Joanne Niswander

Note: To read previous columns by Joanne, click here.
In the days before TV's Oscar and Miss Piggy, before Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo, there were picture books. Remember those??? Do you recall sitting on your grandmother's lap as she read to you the story of Peter Rabbit's narrow escape from Mr. McGregor's garden?

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That lonesome whistle

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2010 - 8:02pm
That lonesome whistle

Hear that lonesome whistle, blowing down the tressle, whooo-weee. Most residents don't give it much thought, but freight trains like this one are twice-a-day visitors to Bluffton. Usually in the evening, this freight generally carries freight from Bellevue to Muncie, Ind. This one is heading toward Bellevue.

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Parent-son bball shooting clinic April 24 at BHS

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2010 - 4:26pm

Any boy from grade 3-12 and parent are invited to a shooting and individual skill clinic instructed by Todd Boblitt, head boys' basketball coach at Bluffton High School.

This clinic is free and will be held at Bluffton High School from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 24.

Both son and parent need only bring tennis shoes and athletic pants. The morning will start with individual skill work for both parent and son.

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Vietnamese university student finds Bluffton very friendly

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2010 - 4:16pm

By Jessanna Buschur, Bluffton University Icon intern
Focus on: My Vu, Vietnam
Senior, Business Major, Bluffton University

My Vu, a senior at Bluffton University, has seen parts of the world that most persons only read about. She has visited Thailand, Sigapore, Malaysia and China, and Europe is on her world-wide wish list. While My says that Thailand is a favorite for shopping, she calls Vietnam home.

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Big Sky genius

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2010 - 1:16pm

Icon viewer, Bo Antibus, on sabattical in Montana, spotted this plate in a Montana State University parking lot and passed it along to us. There's probably a similar plate from Ohio floating around somewhere.

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Female singer-songwriter next performer on Town Hall series

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2010 - 1:05pm
Gina Holsopple

Gina Holsopple is the next performer on the Town Hall Concert Series, sponsored by the Bluffton Cultural Affairs Committee, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick of the committee.

Holsopple, a singer-songwriter based in central New York, will perform at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 29, in the third floor of the town hall. Admission is by donation.

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