Emshwiller named 2010 Bluffton Street Fair Grand Marshal

News-Banner Editor Dave Schultz sat down with Joe Emshwiller recently to talk about the good and bad that comes with being this year's Grand Marshal of the Bluffton Street Fair.

A great honor is his, grand marshal of the 100th Bluffton Street Fair. Tuesday night, Joe Emshwiller will ride in the carriage at the head of the opening night parade, applauded for his service to the community.
There will be thousands of people there, but the man in the carriage will be alone. Not lonely, with family members in the carriage and numerous friends and acquaintances outside it, but alone.
As he puts it during an interview in his office, “Frankie can’t make it.”
“Frankie” is his wife, given name Loretta, known by her nickname, a nurse by profession. She lost a long struggle with cancer on Aug. 31, just as word was circulating around the community that the lifelong Bluffton residents had been chosen for the remarkable honor....

(Read the rest of Dave's story in today's News-Banner)