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Our Swiss connection - part 6

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

Ursus, also called Durs or Dorsey, was born March 8, 1805, to Christian and Katherina (Nussbaumer) Amstutz in Sigriswil Canton Bern, Switzerland.

His wife, Elizabeth, was born July 24, 1808, to Michael and Barbara (Fuhriman) Neuenschwander in Soncoboz, Canton Bern, Switzerland.

The story ends with an example of the true Christmas spirit, and a heartwarming gesture showing a new and caring light

Reviewed by Robet McCool
It's a simple idea – take what you normally spend for Christmas, or even less, and go on a Caribbean cruise. In John Grisham's 2001's Skipping Christmas (Doubleday ISBN 0-385-50583-3) that is the premise, and how horrible it could be.

Luther and Nora Krank see their twenty-three year old daughter Blair off for a two year tour with the Peace Tour, and Luther goes home with a new idea. With Blair gone he totals up what they spent last Christmas, and how much chaos and frenzy the holiday brings to his life.

Isn't it just Bluffton High School?

Why does the sign read: Bluffton Richland High School above the school building as it faces Main Street?

Isn’t it just “Bluffton High School?”

Here’s the background: From 1921 to 1929 Bluffton High School was maintained as a joint high school of the Village of Bluffton and Richland Township, under the charter name of the Bluffton-Richland High School.

Now it gets rather complicated, and this is the short version:

In 1943, the Ohio legislature passed legislation “providing for recodification and revision of the laws of Ohio pertaining to public schools.”

I blame this all on Becky Reineke Boblitt.

She convinced me to go out for the eighth grade girls' basketball team. Let me be blunt, this was not a good fit...one game we were winning something lilke 86 to 6. We ran one play in the fourth quarter.

I was to get to the top of the key, someone would pass me the ball, and I would try - try is the optimal word here - to shoot a basket.

Our Swiss connection - part 5

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

John Bösiger was born in Alsace, France. When he was 23 a close friend, Johannes Steiner – both living in the community of Belfort, France – were conscripted into Napoleon’s army in 1815.

Participating in warfare were against their convictions and they decided to run away.

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Reviewed by Craig Hoffman
This year has seen fewer releases and no live concerts. Still, in 2020, several artists made worthy efforts in creating good to great albums. The full reviews for each release on this list are found in the links to the (Ada) Icon.

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