Note: Have you ever wonder why Bluffton has so many large old "garages" in some of the older neighborhoods? The reason is that these building housed a range of animals from horses, cows, chickens and even goats. This story is about one family and their goats.
Before there was a Dr. Alan Yoder, optometrist, in Bluffton, there was a Dr. Gordon Bixel, optometrist.
His tenure checking Bluffton’s eye dated back to the 1930s all the way to his retirement in the mid-1960s.
Reviewed by Craig Hoffman
American country music singer Carrie Underwood is out with My Gift. This is her seventh album and first Christmas-themed effort. Underwood won the fourth season of American Idol in 2005.
Christian Schumacher was born Oct. 7, 1782, in Florimont, Alsace Loraine, France, to Hans and Catharine (Luginbuhl) Schumacher. Christian married Barbara Elizabeth Luginbuhl on June 14, 1810, at Chaluet, Obt (district) Moutier in Canton Bern, Switzerland.
Reviewed by Craig Hoffman
Positions is the sixth studio album by American singer and actress Ariana Grande, released on Oct. 30, 2020, by Republic Records.
The album builds on the R&B and trap pop elements of Grande’s earlier efforts, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019). There is also a good amount of hip hop, neo-soul, and funk featured on Positions.
By Amelia Alexander Note: Amelia, an Ada HS student, is the Icon's newest columnist. Writing twice a month, this is her second column. Click here to read her first column. You will find all her future columns on our "Columnists" page.
The fate of the climate rests upon my generation’s shoulders.
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In our culture, the barbershop has a niche of its own.
Many barbers served Bluffton over the years. And, they have faded into the town woodwork.
We compiled a list of them after a hearing a long lecture on the subject about 40 years ago given by the late Rolland Stratton. He knew more about Bluffton than any other person on Main Street.
