Citizens National Bank (CNB) has named Darrell Buroker, EVP Lending, to its Board of Directors. Buroker replaces retiring member Steve McFadden who was a key member of the bank’s Senior Loan Committee.
Buroker began his banking career with Citizens National Bank in 1986 as a loan officer. Since that time, he has developed a deep understanding of retail and commercial lending, with a focus on bank profitability and sales leadership. He was promoted to VP Lima City Executive and opened a new branch office in Lima in 1993, was named VP and Director of Commercial Loans in 2001 and was eventually elevated to the Executive VP/Chief Lending Officer role in 2006.
Eric Faulkner, CNB President, states “I’m thrilled to welcome Darrell as our newest Board Member. I appreciate his willingness to step up his role here at CNB and to ensure we will be lead by a strong group of Directors for years to come.”
By the Icon's count, 248 Bluffton High School students in grades 9-12, listed below, made the 2nd Qtr. Honor Roll for the 2022-2023 school year. For Bluffton students on the Apollo Career Center honor roll, visit HERE.
LONGMONT, Colo.--Barbara J. ("B.J.") Suter, 74, a graduate of Troy High School and Bluffton College in Ohio and a long-time employee of the City of Boulder, Colorado, died Friday, January 13, 2023 at Longs Peak Hospital in Longmont.
Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services of Bluffton.
FINDLAY, Ohio–Educators of pre-kindergarten through high school students are invited to attend a free Project WILD workshop in northwest Ohio on Friday, Feb. 10, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The workshop focuses on supplemental curriculums that teach wildlife-related conservation concepts using everyday subjects such as math, science, and social studies. Project WILD and Aquatic WILD (K-12) guidebooks are provided to all participants.
Bluffton University awarded the Fall 2022 Lifetime Service Award to Kathy (Gaines ’78) Carr, retired educator and administrator from Fort Wayne Community Schools, Bluffton University class of 1978. Major: Elementary education.
Following her path
Over the course of her 40-plus-year career in education, Kathy (Gaines ’78) Carr estimates she touched the lives of roughly 6,000 children. However, the recipient of Bluffton’s Lifetime Service Award explains her dedication to the students, teachers and the larger community of Fort Wayne, Ind., as simply “my path to follow.”
On Sat., February 4 at 9:00 a.m., the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District will offer a Winter Walk at Haver Ridge Metro Park, 8335 Bellefontaine Rd. Harrod.
Experience nature in winter with a hike at beautiful Haver Ridge Metro Park.
Be prepared for the weather and ground conditions.
Haver Ridge offers an approximately 1- mile moderate trail.
Register by calling 419-221-1232 or go to www.jampd.com to register by Feb. 3.
The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim team competed on Saturday, January 21 in the Allen County Invitational hosted by Bath High School at the Lima YMCA. The girls team finished in first with 453 points, ahead of Elida’s 447 points. The Lima Shawnee team finished in third place with 351 points.
The boys team finished third with 304 points. Shawnee boys won with 551 points, with Bath in second with 334 points.
Combined, the Bluffton Pirates finished second with 757 points. Shawnee finished in first with 902 points and finishing in third overall was Elida with 595 points.
The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team built a lead with strong defense and held off a late Riverdale charge to win 25-21 in a low-scoring non-conference contest Saturday afternoon, January 21.
The Pirate girls limited the Falcons to just 18 percent field goal shooting and only nine points in the second half to post the road win.
Bluffton held Riverdale without a basket in the third quarter, and to one point in the period to build a 10-point lead going to the fourth quarter.
Riverdale scored the first eight points of the final stanza to pull within a basket, but came up short.
Falcon Maddie Biltoft bounced in two foul shots with 1:42 remaining to inch the Falcons within 23-21.
At the 1:26 mark, Pirate post Ayla Grandey was fouled on a half hook and swished a pair of free throws to build the lead back to four. Riverdale’s Mariah Bonham missed a triple, and Pirate Sami Scoles rebounded.
The Bluffton University men's basketball team slipped to 4-12 overall and 2-7 in the Heartland Conference after falling 65-47 in a home matchup against Manchester University on Wednesday, January 18. Manchester improved to 8-8 and 6-3 in the HCAC.
