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Tim Berta, survivor of the Bluffton University baseball bus accident in 2007, recently landed a job as assistant baseball coach of Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio. The college is launching a baseball team for the first time and will play its inaugural season in 2012. This story is about Berta's joining the school as a coach.

Congressional visit

Fourth District U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan (left) talks with Mike Richards of Bluffton following a Bluffton-Pandora Rotary Club breakfast, which featured Jordan as speaker.

2-hour delay

Several Bluffton High School musicians earned Superiors (I) and Excellents (II) at the recent solo and ensemble contest. Those students follow:

Superiors ("I")

Class A
Danielle Rhonemus voice
Liz Diller voice
Mary Woodruff cello
Meredith Bixel piano
Julian Harnish piano
Jane Sycks trumpet

The Icon spotted YOR 4 in the Maple Crest parking lot. We'd appreciate viewer response concerning this plate's meaning.

Dear Area Business,
The parents of the Bluffton High School Junior Class are in the process of organizing Post Prom activities for Saturday, April 30, 2011. It is the responsibility of the Junior Class parents to sponsor and conduct this event for the BHS Junior and Senior Classes.

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