By Karen Kier,
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
As vaccination rates are increasing, the number of cases in Ohio is decreasing for a second straight week.
Ohio reports that 32.8% of the population is vaccinated, which is slightly higher than the overall country at 31.5%. These numbers are far below the estimated herd immunity requirement to successfully reduce COVID-19 infections and exposures.
Today, we take for granted that Bluffton has a hospital. Not every rural community, however, has one. What is the story behind how the hospital came into existence?
That story follows:
In February 1908 a stock company, incorporated for $20,000, was organized in Bluffton for the purpose of established a local sanitarium.
The home of Dr. J.J. Sutter, remodeled the previous year, was chosen for the sanitarium.
It was located on the northeastern corner of East College Avenue and Main Street, today the site of the Bluffton Public Library.
Note: This column is in two parts. It follows three children whose parents were Johannes and Magdalena Amstutz Sommer. These three children came to America.
This column’s focus is Johannes and Magdalena’s son, Abraham and his wife, Anna Gerber Sommer.
A second column's focus on Jacob and Marianna Amstutz, and Jacob’s second wife, Lydia Amstutz.
Reviewed/written by Craig Hoffman
I am not a big dessert guy. My wife makes super dinners. She does usually put some fruit into a little bowl for our after-dinner treat. It’s the opposite of eating chocolate cheesecake in America. And it does keep me passing health checks, so there is that.
Here are some fun songs about dessert (and other things)! Do you have a favorite song featuring sweets? Let the Icon know in the comments!
You’ve viewed at the Bluffton High School crest, but did you ever wonder how it came into existence?
Here’s the answer.
In the 1964-65 school year Beaverdam’s school district was annexed into the Bluffton school district.
School crests became popular in the mid-1960s, and the development of a Bluffton High School crest made sense, especially as a way to integrate the two school systems.
This column follows Anna Amstutz, born in Switzerland to Michael Amstutz and Barbara Lehman Amstutz.
Her first husband, Christian Neuenschwander, died at an early age. Anna’s second husband, Johannes Suter, also died at an early age. Anna’s third husband was David C. Luginbuhl. David was married twice before he married Anna.
