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Posted by Fred Steiner on July 4, 2021 - 8:04pm

Fourth of July weekend fireworks lit up the Ada sky for the first time in many years. The fireworks show on July 2 was at the Ada Park. Ken Collins shares these shots for Icon viewers. Bluffton's fireworks takes place on National Night Out in early August.

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Bluffton 4-H Cattle Club selling barbecue tickets

Pick up at Sportsmen's Club on Sunday, July 18
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 2, 2021 - 1:59pm

Provided by Klaira Hohenbrink
Bluffton 4-H Cattle Club Reporter
The Bluffton 4-H Cattle Club is selling tickets for its annual chicken barbecue fundraiser. This year's event is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, July 18. 

Pick up is at the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club, 405 N. Spring St. The meal includes a one-half chicken, mac and cheese, green beans and a dinner roll. A bake sale is also available by donation.

Tickets are $9 and are available from club members. Attached is a list of club members and their offices. Alan Begg is the club director.

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Events
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Mandatory player/parent meeting July 29

Bluffton High School-Middle School athletics meeting
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 2, 2021 - 1:49pm

Bluffton Athletics: A mandatory player/parent meeting will be Thursday, July 29, at 7 p.m. in the Bluffton High School gym.

This will be for all athletes and parent/guardians who will participate in a fall sport.

Fall sports officially begin Aug. 1, but practice will not start until Aug. 2, all athletes must have updated Physical on PRIVIT https://blufftonpirates-oh.e-ppe.com/index.jspa before the official start of practice Aug. 1. 

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Sports
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Emily wants to design cool things

Bluffton second grader is statewide 3rd place winner in Imagine Engineering contest
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 1, 2021 - 1:43pm

Emily Byers, a Bluffton second-grade student this past school year, has placed 3rd in the statewide Imagine Engineering Coloring Contest out of more than 6,000
students.

Emily, daughter of Justin and Karen Byers, was a student in Mrs. Fry's classroom when she entered the contest.

Her winning entry involved a picture of an engineer reviewing her roller coaster design plans at a site visit. For her efforts, Emy received the third-place prize, a MathShark skill-building game and calculator.

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People
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I can be an engineer

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 1, 2021 - 1:37pm

Emily Byers, Bluffton second grader this past school year, is the third place winner in a statewide Imagine Engineering Coloring Contest. Over 6,000 entries were submitted. Click here for the story.

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Bluffton HS football will be in Division VI, Region 22 this fall

Top 16 schools in each region will qualify for playoffs beginning Oct. 29-30
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 1, 2021 - 12:35pm

The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the football region assignments for the upcoming 2021 season on Tuesday. The 10-week regular-season begins the week of August 16, with the top 16 schools in each region qualifying for the playoffs that begin October 29-30.

Bluffton will compete in Division VI, Region 22, see map below - 

As previously announced, schools’ divisional assignments for the upcoming 2021-22 school year will remain the same as the 2020-21 school year in all sports.

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Sports
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