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Ohio State puzzle going to the highest bidder - proceeds to the Bluffton Senior Center

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 11, 2012 - 4:21pm
Wayne Schafer with puzzle

Calling all Ohio State Fans: the Bluffton Senior Center received a donation of an Ohio State Football puzzle in a custom-made walnut football shaped frame from Wayne Schafer.
According to Toyna Meyer, Center director, Schafer made the framed puzzle and donated it to the Senior Center to help with the Center's operating expenses.
"Wayne has made many items over the years for the Senior Center's gift shop, but the football puzzle is something special and a one of a kind item," Meyer told The Icon.
"I made one for my son, but it is in a rectangle frame," said Schafer.

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The mother of all garage sales - Lincoln Highway Buy-Way Sale - in Bluffton's backyard this weekend

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 9, 2012 - 11:59am

It's the mother of all garage sales. Lincoln Highway's Main Street America Buy-Way Yard Sale is underway Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10-11.
NOTE: A list of 50 Ada area garage sales is available at the bottom of this story.
Thanks to the Bluffton Icon's sister publication, The Ada Icon (www.adaicon.com), we can provide viewers with a list longer than you can possibly cover even in three days.

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Richland Manor goes "Hawaiian" - Wild West coming soon!

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 6, 2012 - 11:21am

The residents of Richland Manor recently enjoyed a Hawaiian feast on Aug. 3. This luau-themed dinner was planned specially for the campus residents and featured a menu, which contained cuisine similar to what you might expect to find at an authentic Hawaiian luau or pig roast.
The menu included: Kahlua pork or Hawaiian grilled chicken, pinepple fried rice, Hawaiian cole slaw. For dessert was coconut cream pie or pineapple pound cake.
Beverages were choice of aoda, druit juice, iced tea, or non-alcoholic pina colada.

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Jan Shields, Mennonite Home, and a small world story

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 1, 2012 - 4:19pm
Jan Shields

"It's a small world!" That well-known sentiment was proven true, once again, as Maple Crest, Bluffton, residents gathered for an organ hymn sing with Janice Shields.

Shields had barely been introduced when she realized that one of the residents had been her neighbor and school mate when they were children in Columbus Grove.
She stated her maiden name, Bryan, and immediately Jack McCullough remembered her, and jumped into a lively conversation with her, teasing her with the comment "You got older!"

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WBWH upgrading primary stream for better mobile and online listening experience

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 28, 2012 - 4:22pm

WBWH is currently in the process of upgrading its primary stream to better your mobile and online listening experience.
Temporarily, WBWH will now be heard on a new 96 kbps MP3 stream and a 80 kbps AAC stream which can be played on your computer, laptop and through many mobile devices through the TuneIn App.
For for info on the Application you'll need to download on your Smartphone, Tablet or other Mobile Device click HERE. When you have the TuneIn App installed on your device, simply type "WBWH" in the search box.
96k Direct Stream Link 1: WBWH TuneIn Page

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The interesting story behind all those 1940s aerial photos of Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2012 - 3:38pm

For several weeks The Icon has posted aerial photographs of Bluffton taken in the late 1940s. The story of how those photos came to be taken is very interesting. Carol (Koontz) Heath, of Rawson, knew immediately where the photos came from when she first saw them appearing on the Icon.

Here’s the story:

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