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Seven BHS soccer players gain Division 3 district honors

11 received academic honors
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 11, 2016 - 2:39pm

Several Bluffton High School soccer players received Division 3 district honors this week.

Two Bluffton players were selected to participate in the district senior all-star game:
Boys: Antony Kingsley, defender
Girls: Sarah Theisen, forward

Bluffton boys named to all-district teams were:
First team: Antony Kingsley, senior
First team: Tristan Smucker, junior
Second team: Josh Begg, senior
Honorable mention: Eli Bourassa, senior

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Bricker and Jefferson receive all-NWC football recognition

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 11, 2016 - 6:19am

Dakota Bricker and Kaleb Jefferson of Bluffton received all-NWC honors in football. The team selected were made this week.

Delphos Jefferson seniors Hunter Binkley and Jace Stockwell were voted NWC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively.  

Binkley was selected as a first team all-conference running back for the third year in a row. Stockwell was chosen as a first-team choice at defensive back for the second straight year.

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Conceptual Mixed Media theme of two-person show

Opens Nov. 28 in Bluffton University Sauder Visual Arts Center
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on November 11, 2016 - 6:00am

Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery will host “Conceptual Mixed Media” by Colleen Kelsey and Jeremy Long.

Kelsey is an art adjunct professor at several local universities and director of Kelsey Projects designing engaging art pop-ups and community art projects. Kelsey has exhibited her work most recently at the Phyllis Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Blue House Gallery, Dayton, Ohio. 

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Volleyball: Bluffton University wins NCAA regional opener

Stuns DIII 17th nationally ranked Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 10, 2016 - 8:48pm

By Samantha Granger, sports information assistant

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The 2016 Bluffton University volleyball team did something no other Beaver squad had ever done on Nov. 10, when it downed #17 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 3-2 in the NCAA regionals played in Wisconsin.

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It's Mr. S.C Snodgrass

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 10, 2016 - 3:22pm

Sylvester C. Snodgrass (Seth Andreas), as the name might imply, is not the friendliest guy on the stage during this weekend's BHS fall drama. "Left in the Wicker Basket," directed by Kevin Gratz is Friday and Saturday evening at the middle school. CLICK HERE FOR time, ticket info and cast members. CLICK HERE for a short video.

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Ryan Burkholder named Bluffton police chief

Appointed following executive session Monday; he served as interim chief following Rick Skilliter's retirement
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 10, 2016 - 2:41pm

Bluffton has a new police chief.

Ryan Burkholder, a member of the Bluffton police department since 2004, was named chief in a unanimous vote following a council executive session on Monday. The motion did not include salary information.

The new chief replacess Rick Skilliter who retired earlier this fall. Burkholder, a sergeant in the department, was interim chief following Skilliter’s retirement.

Chief Burkholder is the first Bluffton native to serve a police chief in several decades. The most recent being William "Kaiser" Gaiffe, who served in the 1960s and 1970s.

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