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Today's assignment: decorate a pumpkin

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 21, 2011 - 6:21pm

Here's your assignment:

Decorate a pumpkin but use only supplies from the place where you work. Can you do it?

Mennonite Memorial Home employees did it. You'll soon see proof. The Activities Department of MMH gave each department a pumpkin to dress up and decorate using only supplies from their department (such as spaghetti for hair from the dietary department, pill cups from the nursing department).

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Are your parents or grandparents on this list? Check it carefully

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 20, 2011 - 4:38am

For anyone wanting to know the importance of the Triplett Corporation in Bluffton, simply look over the following list.

The list is reprinted from an April 1945 Triplett company newsletter. This list is also published in the book "A Good Place To Miss, Bluffton Stories - 1900-1975."

The book is released by The Icon and is on sale for $13.95 at Greg's Pharmacy, Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, Common Grounds, Book Reviews and the Bluffton University bookstore.

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We are back!

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 19, 2011 - 10:13am

Let the whining begin.

We (The Icon) didn't cause this mess. It was our individual database server. In non-technical terms, it crash landed and we went with it.

So did about 210 other sites hosted by the same server. That can only mean that there are 210 other messages being composed, at this moment, like this one, to their viewers.

Now it's back, but here's the asterisk: The last back up completed by our server company was two weeks ago.

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Do you know the story about testing Triplett meters by submerging them in the Buckeye?

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 4, 2011 - 5:56am

Did you ever hear the story about Bert Swank and George Klay testing Triplett meters by submerging them in the Buckeye in the mid-1940s?

Here's an excerpt from the 1940-49 chapter of "A Good Place To Miss - Bluffton Stories 1900-1975."

Following are excerpts from The Tripletter, the Triplet Meter Company publication. The first is a front-page story from April 1945.

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Want to hear a couple good Bluffton stories?

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 1, 2011 - 12:27pm

Pssst. Want to hear a couple good Bluffton stories? The Icon's book "A Good Place To Miss - Bluffton Stories 1900-1975," is filled with lots of stories too good to miss.

We invite you to attend The Icon's second anniversary party. It's from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at Common Grounds.

You'll get a free cup of Icon coffee some other refreshments and a chance to meet The Icon team. And, if you'd like to go home with some interesting Bluffton reading material, you may buy a copy of "A Good Place To Miss."

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My 15 minute brush with fame - Sly of the Family Stone

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 28, 2011 - 5:26am

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

My first major brush with fame occurred in the early 1970s when I was working as a waitress at Nickerson Farms, one of those themed family restaurants commonly found along the interstate.

For more columns by MPS click here.

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