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"Dewey defeats Truman" and "Romey tells his story" - both collector's items

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 31, 2012 - 2:20pm

We realize mistakes happen. We make them all the time. But, we didn't make this one.

In presidential politics, perhaps the most classic error was when a prominent Chicago newspaper in 1948 announced that “Dewey defeats Truman.” You’ve seen the photo of Truman holding the newspaper.

What we didn’t realize was the Mike Romey, president of Citizens National Bank, is the 2012 Republican candidate for president. Read on:

In this morning’s The Lima News, the newspaper omitted the “n” in Romney. Thus, Romney became “Romey.”

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Look who's one-half year old! Bluffton Icon's sister publication, The Ada Icon!

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 26, 2012 - 4:20pm

In mid-September, The Bluffton Icon's sister publication, The Ada Icon, will be six months old. We like to take a moment and share with viewers some of the interesting stats about we've experienced in our first six months with The Ada Icon.
If you've not yet checked it out go here: www.adaicon.com.
These are according to Google Analytics:
7,450 total visits to the site
3,474 individual viewers (some check in twice a day!)
20,322 pages visited
2.73 pages views per each visit

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Thanks to Jack Travis, The Icon offers you the serious and funny side of Phyllis Diller - check out the video

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 21, 2012 - 8:31pm

NOTE: The video is at the bottom of this story.
The Bluffton Icon presents a never-before-seen video interview with the late Phyllis Diller. Dr. Jack (Tony) Travis, Bluffton native, BHS graduate, and friend of Ms. Diller forwarded this video to The Icon.
This shows two sides of Phyllis: a serious side, as she discusses the benefits of breastfeeding; and, then in the last 30 seconds, Phyllis lays on a joke and provides us with her famous "laugh."

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Jail bird latest visitor at Icon aviary

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 20, 2012 - 8:57am

You never know what bird will show up at your bird feeder. Too many varieties of sparrows to keep track of, cardinals, gold finches, mourning doves, and occasional cat bird...you know the usual visitors. Recently a different type of bird showed up at this feeder.

The only thing that's bird-like about this little guy is, perhaps, jail bird. A chipmonk recently joined the crowd of feathered friends at one of the Icon's Grov Street bird feeders. It appears that he's figured out how to bypass the squirrel-proof feeder.

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Attention! You are surrounded! Come out with your hands up!

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2012 - 10:49am

John Dailey should have his hands held high in surrender, but he calmly stands at the doorway of Southgate Lanes Bowling Alley, Dixie Highway.

According to Derek Dukes, someone created a 13- by 8-foot tank made out of Keystone cans in front of the bowling alley eariler this week as a prank.

Some towns have crop circles; in Bluffton people make tanks out of beer cases. The Icon will follow this case closely and as soon as a list of suspects is created, we hope to keep the public informed. We wonder if fingerprints were taken.

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Photo shoot with a Painted Lady, Spinx moth, hummingbird, goldfinch and lots more

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 14, 2012 - 9:46am

A Painted Lady Butterfly lives in The Icon's backyard this month. Along with several other Ohio butterflies and moths, the attraction to Grove Street is several butterfly bushes.
Here are some recent views of the August residents. The Spinx moth is the little guy that resembles a bumble bee. He usually shows up in August and was first noticed this year on Aug. 12.

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