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Village grapples with flooding concerns from citizens

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 14, 2011 - 5:37pm

The inevitable question: "What can the village do about flooding in Bluffton?" was posed to Bluffton council on Monday.

Although it's on everyone's mind, Morgan and Patsy Davies, who have lived on the corner of Cherry and Vance for over 30 years and have experienced lots of high water in their time there, asked council if anything that can be done to fix the problem.

Fred Rodabaugh, Bluffton mayor, answered by stating that nothing is going to happen very quickly.

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Public Meetings
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Naples

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 14, 2011 - 5:05pm

You are correct. It's not an official state plate. But, it certainly is an interesting plate. The Icon spotted it in the Hirshey Hall parking lot.

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Regional news
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Bluffton police officer?

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 14, 2011 - 6:16am

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Here's a photo that has us scratching our heads. Is it a Bluffton police officer, and if it is, could it be Wade Bechtel? It resembles Wade, but we're aren't completely convinced. Icon viewers help us with this one. Paul Diller took the photo and it was provided by Jim Diller.

Note from Darlene Hey: I looked at the photo, but I know that it isn't my dad, Wade Bechtel. I'm not sure who it is. I can remember seeing him , but I can't give you any names. Sorry!

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Historical Bluffton
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Next time you want to tell someone to "shut up," try this clever Swiss dialect phrase (it worked for your great-grandfather)

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 14, 2011 - 5:28am

Next time you want someone to shut up simply say, "Jetzt aber, still." Christine Habegger Purves, writing about some Swiss dialect phrases in the recent Swiss Community Historical Society newsletter says that means: "Now be quiet," or more rudely, "shut up."

There's more and here it comes:

Langi zeiti. A long time.

Es macht mir nuet aus. It makes no difference to me.

Vas gish vas hest. What you get is what you have.

Uf zwei bei wie a 'n' a haube hung. With two legs just like half a dog.

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Iconoclast View
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Gerald Mast delivers Smith Peace Lectureship March 15

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 13, 2011 - 12:21pm

Dr. Gerald Mast, professor of communication at Bluffton University, will deliver the 2011 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture, "True Evangelical Faith and the Gospel of Peace," at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, in Bluffton's Yoder Recital Hall. His presentation is free and open to the public.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton Chamber reorganize bylaws to emphasis its continuing local focus

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 13, 2011 - 12:16pm

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members voted to change the chamber's bylaws on March 11 to better reflect the chamber's continuing focus on a local emphasis.

Those changes better reflect the emphasis of the chamber, according to Fred Steiner, chamber CEO.

The changes came as a result of a chamber brainstorming session in April of 2010. Several suggestions came from that session and several ideas have already been implemented including the recent bylaw changes.

The changes approved on March 11 follow:

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