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Iconoclast View: State Route 103 corridor study is crucial to orderly growth in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 23, 2016 - 12:19pm

The safety study of the State Route 103 corridor area currently in process is encouraging.

CLICK HERE to read about the study.

CLICK HERE to open a comment sheet. We invite Icon viewers to take a moment and add own comments to this project. Comments must be delivered to the village office by Wednesday, Sept. 28.

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Every town should have an Al Ingalls

We know, because we had a great one
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 19, 2016 - 9:57pm

At one time or another every town should have an Al Ingalls.

Bluffton had one. And we truly feel for the towns that didn’t.

Al and his wife, Millie, owned Ingalls Restaurant. It was the last real sit-down restaurant on Main Street.

What a place. Hours were, oh, 5:30 a.m. to, what, 10 p.m. at night?

Those hours were set for the community, not the owners. It operated in a sort of informal “community system.” Meetings took place there. Deals developed. Coffee was poured. More meetings took place. More deals developed. More coffee was poured.

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Results of reccent Icon poll

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 17, 2016 - 8:27pm

Thirty percent of the persons who took the most recent Icon poll say they learn by using their body, hands and sense of touch.

The entire poll results are above.

The current Icon poll asks viewers to rank the frequency of buying lottery tickets. To record your opinion in this poll go to the bottom left side of the Icon's home page.

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Spirit Week and all that homecoming stuff on the BHS calendar

Homecoming parade is Friday, Sept. 23
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 12, 2016 - 5:05pm

Bluffton High School is a busy place this month, especially with homecoming on the horizon. Here's some event and news updates from the school website:

Homecoming Spirit Week: 
Monday, Sept. 19 - "I wake up like this"
Tuesday, Sept. 20 -  "Peace & Love/Hippy Day"
Wednesday, Sept. 21 - "A Day at Disney"
• Freshman - Alice in Wonderland
• Sophomores -Toy Story
• Juniors - Lilo & Stitch
• Seniors - Peter Pan)
Thursday, Sept. 22 - "Rock & Roll"
Friday, Sept. 23 -  "Pirate Day"

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A banker, coffee shop owner and retired chamber director walk into a bar

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 10, 2016 - 2:45pm

Seinfeld fans will understand this column attempt. It is truly about nothing.

A banker, a coffee shop owner and a retired chamber director walk into a bar.

Make that a bar and grill. No, make that “meet a bar and grill owner and coffee shop owner in the alley parking lot behind the coffee shop.”

It’s Friday morning. Each admits he doesn’t want to go to work – but in reality that is not true.

Minutes before, with cups in hands, the banker and retired chamber director purchase coffees-to-go.

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Senior citizen book sale Friday and Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 8, 2016 - 3:53pm

The Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., will have a book sale on Friday, Sept. 9, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 10th from 9 a.m. to noon.

Items include fiction with plenty of Amish books, nonfiction, paperbacks, magazines and movies. Books on Christmas, travel, crafts, sewing and nature to name just a few.

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