This is a portion of an essay by Robert Kreider on his thoughts on Riley Creek, as he grew up in Bluffton in the 1930s. His entire essay is published in Bluffton Anthology. For more information about the book click here.
1 – When we moved to Bluffton our lot on Spring Street ran down to Little Riley Creek; three Sundays straight my younger brother Gerald slide into the creek; careful, older brother me was enviously amused.
Over 40 entries were in the Icon's most recent "write a caption for this photo" contest.
The Icon took this photo of Marvin Diller, Chuck Amstutz and Dick Boehr at the May senior citizens breakfast at the middle school. We asked viewers to write a caption for the photo. Here are the winners:
Winner of a 14-inch, 1-item Padrone's Pizza:
"Stop me if you've heard one." - Submitted by Gary and Lois Wetherill
We couldn’t wait for a new song to be played on the radio for the first time and then waited patiently for it to show up on a jukebox three weeks later at the Pine Restaurant or Luginbuhl’s.
This is a portion of an essay by Rudi Steiner published in Bluffton Anthology. For more information about the book click here.
By the late 1950s CKLW-AM 800 (Detroit/Windsor) began developing the Top 40’s programming format that it became famous for in the 1960s. CKLW AM, a Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate, was loud and slick.
This is an essay by Fred Steiner published in Bluffton Anthology. For more information about the book click here.
It’s difficult to count how many mothers have touched one’s life. Go ahead. Try counting.
Being Mother’s Day weekend, I’ll make a feeble attempt to demonstrate what I mean. My account could be the same as your account. Only the names would change.
AN ICON OPINION -
All politics is local, or so goes the phrase.
That’s so true here.
Watching Bluffton politics as we have since the 1970s several things come to mind.
• No one runs for mayor, council or school board when thing in the village and the school district appear to be operating smoothly.
• When chaos erupts suddenly the ballot is packed.
Case in point: In 2017 10 persons ran for 4 Bluffton council seats.
We recall an earlier mayoral election when 5 candidate were on the ballot.
Ada Icon spring intern,
Mana Hashimoto's
ONU capstone project
FROM ADA ICON - Mana Hashimoto, a spring 2021 Ohio Northern University intern for the Ada Icon, created this video.
Her video is a senior capstone project. Its focus is on clothing Mana wears in the U.S. versus what she wears in Japan. She's taken a humorous approached – we think – by not showing her face.
Mana is a senior writing and multimedia studies major, from Mie, Japan. Following graduatation she hopes to return to Japan where she will look for full-time employment in her profession.
