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Iconoclast view: A gringa in a Tica's world

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 28, 2010 - 11:43am

Bluffton University student Christine Amstutz, granddaughter of Mary Amstutz of Bluffton, recently returned from an 11-day trip to Nicaragua. To view her impressions of her trip and photos taken, click here to go to her blog.

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The Bluffton Icon: A rare medium that's well-done...thoughts on our first anniversary

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 19, 2010 - 9:49am

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

In the nearly 30 years that we've been married, we haven't taken many risks, except for buying three houses and having two children. For the most part, we're cautious -- probably overcautious -- he more than I. Blame that on the fact that I'm the only girl in a family of four older brothers -- they taught me to do things that our parents never knew about until after the fact.

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Confessions of a retired BHS marching band trombonist

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 5, 2010 - 6:21pm

By Fred Steiner, one-time trombone player in the BHS marching band

There I was, minding my own business, on the goal line at Harmon Field on Friday night.

Suddenly the drum major ("field commander" is not in my vocabulary) blasted three of four times on the whistle. The next thing I knew I was marching out on the field with the BHS marching band.

It was my first venture on the field in 43 football seasons. That's so long ago that Elida, Ottawa-Glandorf and Bath were on the schedule the last time I looked.

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Inconoclast: Berne, Ind., Swiss Days gain "worldwide coverage"

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 25, 2010 - 4:41pm

Icon viewer Dale Hochstettler of Michigan sent the following link to the Icon concerning Berne, Indiana's Swiss Day. It appears that Berne has obtained "world-wide notice" for the event. Click here for the entire story.

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Reflections on 100,000 views

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2010 - 6:30pm

Bluffton Icon Viewers:

We eagerly watch the numbers on the Icon. So when the odometer recently flipped over to 100,000 total views in just 10 months, we went into a bit of a tizzy. After all, 10 months ago, this whole project was an experiment filled with unknowns. All we really knew was that we wanted to continue to deliver small-town journalism in a way that would reach a variety of generations.

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Please have patience while we upgrade The Icon!

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 4, 2010 - 7:03am

Message to Icon viewers:

Thank you for your continued support of The Bluffton Icon. Over the Fourth of July weekend we are in the process of switching servers and upgrading our service. Please have a little patience as this process takes place. At the moment, we've successfully switched most of our modules. We are still working on our photos. Because of that we've not added new photos recently. Please stay tuned. You'll see new photos soon!

We encourage viewers to continue to e-mail us material.

Fred and Mary Steiner and Ryan Lowry

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