The 138th annual Bluffton High School commencement is Saturday, May 25, in the high school gym. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the ceremony takes place at 7 p.m.
This year’s valedictorians are Seth Andreas, Madeline Burghaze, Kennedy Coughlan, Rhett Donaldson, Amelia Mitchell, Katie Prater, Lily Shadle, Amanda Speicher and Hannah Yost. The class salutatorian is Jackson Steinmetz.
Bluffton Volleyball camp will be Monday, July 1 through Tuesday, July 2 for any girls entering third through eighth grade at the HS gymnasium. This camp is led by Kevin King, HS varsity volleyball coach, alongside HS coaching staff and varsity players.
Session 1, from 9 a.m. to noon, is for sixth through eighth graders.
Session 2, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. is for third through fifth graders.
Trinity Lutheran School’s graduation will be held Sunday, May 26, in the 10:30 a.m. service at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera.
Jacob Miles is the class speaker. The class members are: Zander Steven Mays, Jacob William Miles and Brandon Pierce Stuckey.
Special music will be by the students in the third and fourth grades playing hand chimes. The students in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade will sing “The Path.”
There will be a regular service at 8 a.m. with Bible classes and Sunday School beginning at 9:20 a.m.
Manchester University conferred undergraduate, professional and graduate degrees to 331 student on Saturday, May 18.
Mariah Fleming, of Bluffton, received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology.
The mission of Manchester University, with campuses in North Manchester and Fort Wayne, Ind., is to graduate persons of ability and conviction who draw upon their education and faith to lead principled, productive, and compassionate lives that improve the human condition.
In a month or so, these green-leafed and white-flowered plants will include strawberries ready for picking. These plants are at the corner of Bixel and Pandora roads. When the Icon asked Jerry Suter for a specific picking date, his long explanation included several variables plus weather-related scenarios, which boils down to - we think, mid-June.
