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The dread of taking the quarry test

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 16, 2020 - 9:08am

"All these years later, I still remember the dread I felt before taking the quarry test. This wasn't a written exam, and it had nothing to do with school. It was a rite of passage for any Bluffton kid from around the mid-1950s to the early-1990s who wanted to earn the right to swim in the Buckeye." - Rick Ramseyer

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Just a sample of what's inside

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 12, 2020 - 2:23pm

The following is a sample of the content of "Blufton Anthology - A creek runs through it." Pre-sale discounted copies are now available for $19.95 plus tax.
Click here for an order blank.

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Shaken, not stirred

The world's not enough without Sean Connery as James Bond
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 1, 2020 - 9:57pm

(Hum the James Bond Theme while reading this)

Duh duh duh duh
Duh duh duh 

da da tee da da

Duh duh duh duh
Duh duh duh 

da da tee da  da 

In my mind there's only one “Bond, James Bond.”

Sean Connery.

The first time I saw James Bond was in the Carma Theatre with a bunch of the boys…Kent Kinsinger, John Lehman, probably Max Eastman. Maybe Larry Eikenbary. We were, I believe, freshmen on bicycles.

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A story about a woman who voted in Bluffton in 1915

Today is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of women's rights to vote
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 18, 2020 - 3:04pm

100 years ago today. The 19th amendment guaranteed all American women the right to vote.

Somewhere in a collection of family photos is a 1920 snapshot of my Hahn grandparents, Bertha and Fred, standing in front of their home at 216 W. Elm St., Bluffton.

I know it was 1920 because taped to the window behind them was a Harding for president poster. I never felt the significance of the snapshot recently – today in fact, in really struck home.

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Best caption receives 4 Shannon Theatre passes

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 10, 2020 - 11:54am

Write a caption to this photo. The best caption will earn four passes to the Shannon Theatre to the caption writer. It's Dave Sycks directing a summer band rehearsal.

Send entries to: Caption contest, [email protected]. Deadline 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14.

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HB 6 repeal would address only part of Ohio Lawmakers' recent action to slow renewables

This story is from "Eye on Ohio," Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 24, 2020 - 8:52am

While the primary focus of the Icons is the Bluffton and Ada communities, we are a supporter of "Eye on Ohio, Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism." This article is provided by the Center and should be of interest to Icon viewers.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski
Both Republican and Democratic Ohio lawmakers are pushing to repeal the state’s nuclear bailout bill after this week’s release of a federal criminal complaint against House Speaker Larry Householder and others.

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