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A Bluffton Saturn story

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 1, 2009 - 10:05am

While the recent announcement that GM's Saturn vehicles will cease production is a blow to the American economy, here's a sideline to the story worth our consideration.

In the early stages of Saturn's creation there was speculation that one of the plant sites under consideration by General Motors was near Bluffton. With the village on Interstate 75 and within short driving distance of Detroit, the speculation may have been accurate.

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BCE business tune-up seminars continue

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 1, 2009 - 9:53am

Bluffton Center for Entrepreneur business tune-up seminars continue in October, according to John Bauer, BCE executive director. Seminars remaining on the fall schedule include:

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X marks the spot

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 1, 2009 - 9:42am
Note: Material in "The Leek" follows in the great journalistic tradition of "The Onion," a national publication, which covers news like no other publication dares.

Bluffton residents awoke on Oct. 1 to the sight of several "X" and dotted lines marked in white on Main Street. Speculation quickly rambled through coffee clitches around the community as to the meaning of the markings.

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This week's vanity plate - B STEG

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 30, 2009 - 6:26pm
B STEG belongs to Bluffton University student Brittany Stegmaier.

B STEG belongs to Bluffton University student Brittany Stegmaier.

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Best ham loaf east of anywhere

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 30, 2009 - 6:11pm

Bluffton ham loaf

Note: I grew up thinking that every kitchen had a metal manual meat grinder that attached to the kitchen table. I didn't realize until I looked for the meat grinder in our present home that one didn't come with the house. So, to create this ham loaf, unless you have such a meat grinder, you'll have to stop in at The Dough Hook and ask for the ham loaf already ground. I've asked several meat cutters in larger super markets to grind a pound of ham and a pound of pork. The result of this request was a blank stare.

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Climate change has little to do with belief

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 27, 2009 - 5:53pm

Whether you believe in climate change or not does not really matter much despite the conventional thinking. The warming of the Earth's temperature is increasing regardless of what anyone mentally believes. The polar ice caps are melting into extinction without the support or non-support of American public opinion polls. Nature in its most expressive and basic form does not listen to our opinions, wishes, or beliefs. It simply does what it does without regard to our politics.

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