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Index to 2020 Our Swiss Connections

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 31, 2020 - 11:03am

Our Swiss Connections feature on Bluffton Icon started on Nov. 12, 2020, and have continued each week. Here is the index of the eight columns posted this year and the link to those columns for persons interested.

Michael Neuenschwander
http://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2020/11/12/introducing-new-icon-column-...

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Johannes and Barbara Walti Geiger

Our Swiss connection - part 8
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 31, 2020 - 10:55am

This is the eighth installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.

Johannes Geiger was 44 years old when he brought his wife, Barbara (Walti) and their five children, John, Verena, Barbara, Peter and Anna, from Canton Basel, Switzerland in 1835.

Johannes’ parents, David Gyger and Verna (Steiner), as well as Barbara’s parents, Nicholas Walti and Christina (Badertscher), remained in Switzerland.

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Bill Marchal's quick change battery clamp now on Kickstarter

Always the inventor, Bill says he's designed a battery clamp for easy use under the hood
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 30, 2020 - 1:36pm

Remember Bill Marchal, former owner of the Bluffton Dari Freeze? Always inventing something new, Bill's latest patent pending invention, a quick change battery clamp is now on Kickstarter. Click here to view his product. Here's Bill's story:

How often have you struggled to remove the clamp attached to your car battery? 

You know, that clamp first designed for under-the-hood use in vehicles invented 80 car models ago?

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Icon sport writer's column on K.C. Jones posted on Celtics' blog

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 30, 2020 - 1:08pm

Icon sports writer, Cort Reynolds, recently had an article publilshed on the Boston Celtics blog.

The article is about ex-Boston player and coach, K.C.Jones. He won eight titles as a Celtic defensive ace guard, and two more as Boston head coach in the mid-1980s. Jones died Christmas Day at age 88.

Click here to read the article.

 

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Consolidated Life Flight Network introduced in 2021

Bluffton Airport continues as one of Mercy Health's four bases in the new network
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 30, 2020 - 12:48pm

2019 saw 406
Life Flights from
Bluffton + 19 ground transports

On Feb 1, 2021, Mercy Health will introduce a consolidated Life Flight Network to handle its air and ground transportation services.

The Bluffton Airport is home to one of the four Mercy Health Life Flight bases involved in the new network. Other bases include a mobile ICU base, plus air bases in Wauseon and Sandusky.

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Oh, Christmas tree!

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 30, 2020 - 12:42pm

One of Main Street's beautiful Christmas trees is in the Ellerbrock Spine and Soft Tissue window at 120 N. Main St., Here are two views of the tree.

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