Posted by Fred Steiner on September 1, 2017 - 3:35pm
Jeanne’s Kitchen, the popular Vine Street Bluffton restaurant owned by Jeanne Previte, will reopen next weekend, according to Heather Cox, who will manage the restaurant.
“We are reopening with a special Italian night from 5 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 8,” she said. “We’d recommend our patrons to make reservations for our opening night by calling 419-234-8650.”
Joining the staff is Cory-Rawson High School graduate Jamison Businger as chef. Dennis Allbrooke will handle the restaurant’s pastry creations.
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 25, 2017 - 4:39pm
Krysti Schey says that there's still time to sign-up for fall classes at her music studio. Officially classes begin on Monday, Aug. 28, but persons may still register for classes.
Call Schey at 419-233-5255 or visit the website for information.
Icon and BlufftonPirates.com link up for stronger local coverage
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 22, 2017 - 3:50pm
Two Bluffton websites that keep their fingers on the pulse of community activities linked together this week to provide easier access for viewers to both sites.
The sites are Bluffton Icon.com and BlufftonPirates.com.
This partnership means that viewers win. All Bluffton High School sports are now on Bluffton Icon, and, BlufftonPirates.com provides its viewers to an easy link to all news items about Bluffton posted on the Icon.
It was a sucker and rod factory; in 1884 it shipped 40,000 sucker rods and 200,000 forks and hoe handles
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 21, 2017 - 11:59am
Note: The Icon acquired a manuscript titled “A Brief History of Bluffton’s Industrial Developments.” This publication was prepared by the classes in Marketing and Small Business Administration from Bluffton College, under the director of Dr. Howard Raid. Publication date is May 1959. We’ve updated some current addresses so viewers may identify locations.
In 1883, Al St. John relocated his sucker rod and handle factory from Lima to Bluffton, to become almost overnight the major employer of men living in Bluffton.