Bluffton University graduates encouraged to determine ‘Who am I?’
The achievements of more than 200 undergraduate and graduate students were celebrated on Sunday, May 5, during Bluffton University’s 119th Commencement ceremony.
Nearly 3,000 faculty, family members and friends filled Sommer Center to witness the conferring of diplomas by President Jane Wood during her first Commencement at Bluffton.
The art students of Krysti's Music Studio have their works on display at the Mennonite Memorial Home for the month of May.
The students represented are Lena Brown, Morgan Grieshop, Owen Kohli, Ella Krupp, and Kizer Young. The students take private art lessons at the studio with teacher Vickie Garmon.
The following highway construction is scheduled to occur within Allen County the week of May 13, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Work is dependent upon weather conditions, and unless otherwise noted, it will take place during daytime hours.
• Interstate 75 between the villages of Beaverdam and Bluffton will be restricted to one lane in both directions through the work zone for pavement evaluation next week.
Work is being performed by the ODOT District 1 capital programs department.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Host Bluffton whipped Allen East 14-5 in the Northwest Conference softball season finale to win an outright league championship Wednesday evening.
The Lady Pirates won for the 18th consecutive game to improve to 19-1 overall. Bluffton finished 8-0 in the NWC and won the crown by a game over Crestview (7-1). AE fell to 15-5 and 5-3 in the NWC with the loss.
Bluffton University celebrated a big weekend on May 4-5. Here are some photo highlights of the weekend. (Photos by Alison King)
May Day Court - Taylor Aurand of Traverse City, Mich., and Jayden Groppi of Parma, Ohio, are crowned May Day Queen and King by last year’s royalty, Laura Galley and Andrew Hunter.
Milena King served as crown bearer. She is the daughter of Kevin and Alison (Luginbuhl) King, granddaughter of Karen Luginbuhl and the late Gregg Luginbuhl ’71 and great-granddaughter of the late Darvin ’46 and Evelyn (Johnson ’45) Luginbuhl.
Bluffton Pediatrics is now open in its new home at 122 N. Jackson St., across from the elementary school. An open house, originally set for May, has moved to Friday, June 14, according to Beth Bish. Watch the Icon for more details coming soon.
In observation of National Healthcare Decision Day, several Bluffton churches and Herb Walker, St. Rita’s Medical Center hospice chaplain, will lead an informational meeting Thursday, May 9, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Bluffton town hall.
Participants will learn more about advance directives and have opportunities to complete the required documents.
The free program will include several handouts and additional documents about advance directives.
On behalf of the Bluffton Schools Board of Education and the levy committee, I would like to thank you for your support of our two renewals on Tuesday, May 7.
We will continue to spend these funds responsibly, while giving our students an excellent education. We are very proud of our school and the community that supports it. Thank you, again, for all you do for our district!
Burger King, 499 State Route 103, closed its doors on Sunday and will not reopen. On Wednesday the signage from the Bluffton restaurant was being removed.
Tony Kropowski, Carrol’s district manager, confirmed the restaurant closed but did not provide the Icon with any additional information.
The restaurant owner, Carrols Corp., housed in Syracuse, New York, owns and operates over 1,000 restaurants under the Burger King brand, according to its website.
