August 2020

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton golf team beat Arlington 164-189 in a dual match at the Bluffton Golf Course Wednesday.

The Pirates play at the Delphos Country Club Monday, August 31 in a three-team league event vs. Delphos Jefferson and Columbus Grove. 
 

Goals by Derstine, Spallinger (2), Basil (2), Kleman (3)

By Cort Reynolds
 ELIDA - The visiting Bluffton boys soccer team crushed Elida 8-2 Thursday evening. 

The Pirates improved to 2-0 with the convincing victory.

Bluffton's Simon Derstine started the scoring in the ninth minute. Aiden Bartels of Elida tied it 1-1 with a goal three minutes later.

Jude Spallinger put the Pirates back on top in the 24th minute, yet Bartels equalized the match again a minute later at 2-2.

Spallinger put Bluffton ahead for good 3-2 with a goal in the 35th minute.

By Cort Reynolds
PANDORA - The visiting Bluffton volleyball team rallied from a  two-set deficit to capture a hard-fought, non-league bout at rival Pandora-Gilboa on a hot Thursday night. 

Bluffton outlasted the Lady Rockets in five sets by a 22-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-12 score to improve to 2-0.

Bluffton plays at Elida Monday, August 31.

Check out all the elementary teacher videos on the Icon

There’s a first time for everything, and this school year is packed with firsts.

The traditional meet your elementary teacher day is now a virtual event. Tim Closson, elementary principal, told The Icon, “Our teachers may not be able to meet you until school starts, but they still want you to meet them.”

So, The Icon copied the videos from the school website, and now the entire community can share in the event. Teachers are listed below with a link to a short video. 

1st Grade Meet the Teacher video

And, bring home lots of awards

Here are Allen County Junior Fair results from the Bluffton Boys and Girls 4H Club. Other clubs and persons entering open class division are invited to send results to: [email protected]

Brooklynn Bible  
A , 2nd Place Sew Active
A , 2nd Place Loungewear

Landin Bible    
A , 1st Place Self determined Railroading

Eli Hill         
A,  1st Place Getting to Know Your Tractor

Pirates travel to Bath on Saturday

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls soccer team lost a 2-0 match to visiting Ottawa-Glandorf at Steinmetz Field Wednesday night to open their season. 

Bluffton fell to 0-1 with the non-league defeat.

Ottawa-Glandorf jumped on top early as Lilly Hazelman scored in the second minute of play. Alexa Fortman tallied the next goal in the 18th minute. Neither team scored over the final 71 minutes.

Clara Beach assisted on both goals for O-G.

Nolan’s inventive style of telling the story reconfigures the film into something new entirely

Review by Wilson
If you’ve been paying attention to worldwide theater re-openings, you know there is one movie whose release date seems to be tumbling perilously into the future, Christopher Nolan’s newest film TENET.

Nolan (INCEPTION, THE DARK KNIGHT) is known for his ability to turn seemingly-complex plots into high-caliber entertainment. In anticipation of his newest film, I thought it would be appropriate to revisit my favorite film of his: MEMENTO.

110,448 Ohioans eligible but aren’t registered; registration deadline Oct. 5

Ohio Secretary of State’s office is sending information about how to get registered to vote to 110,448 Ohioans who are eligible to vote but aren’t yet registered. 

This initiative is in coordination with the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a non-profit organization who assists participating states in the effort to improve the accuracy of their voter rolls and increase access to voter registration. 30 states and Washington, D.C. are members of ERIC.

Each institution will retain the individual institutional autonomy to conduct athletic-related activities as they see fit

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Council of Presidents, after receiving and reviewing the latest information and guidance from the NCAA Division III leadership concerning the return to sport for fall, voted unanimously to postpone all conference related contests and competitions, including HCAC Championships slated for fall 2020. 

Bluffton University is a member of the HCAC. Other schools are Anderson, Earlham, Manchester, Defiance, Mt. St. Joseph, Franklin, Rose-Hulman, Transylvania and Hanover.

Parents of online learners may pick up a chrome book and required text books at BHS on Friday from 8-3 p.m.

This is the final part in a three-part series of Bluffton school reopen plans by building. For previous articles click for elementary information, and click for middle school information.

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