Posted by Fred Steiner on February 21, 2021 - 1:39pm
“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.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 21, 2021 - 1:33pm
Melina Meza, a senior at Bluffton HS, shares this snow photo with Icon viewers. "This photo was taken at my house on North Dixie Highway. You can find this little snow bunny on the edge of the porch. He sits there as a reminder of all the little rabbit footprints that can be seen in the snow around Bluffton," she said. Melina wins a Padrone's pizza in the Icon's snow photo contest. Watch the Icon for more snow submissions this week.
And approval of amounts and rates from property tax on Monday's agenda
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 21, 2021 - 1:19pm
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.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 20, 2021 - 11:07am
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.